Ex-divs to take 8.5 points off FTSE 100 on Mar. 1

Reuters

Published Feb 26, 2018 20:48

Ex-divs to take 8.5 points off FTSE 100 on Mar. 1

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout.

According to Reuters calculations, at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 8.48 points off the index.

COMPANY

(RIC)

DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

Barclays

BARC.L 2

Yes

1.32 Berkeley Group

BKGH.L 56.75

0.28 easyJet

EZJ.L

40.9

0.39 Rio Tinto

RIO.L

129.43

5.98 RSA Insurance Group RSA.L

13

0.51

Among FTSE 250 .FTMC companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY

(RIC)

DIVIDEND

(pence)

Beazley

BEZG.L 7.4 Hays

HAYS.L 1.06 HICL Infrastructure Company HICL.L 1.96 Witan Investment Trust

WTAN.L 13.5

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