Footsie Slips As Blue-Chips Lead the Ex-Divi Charge ; Market Report
Evening Standard - London › February 16, 2005
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SHARE prices suffered a setback today, weighed down by the large number of shares going ex-dividend which was the equivalent of an eight point fall in the Footsie 100 Index.
They included blue-chip names like drugs giant GlaxoSmith-Kline, down 17p at 1256p, which will soon be forking out a dividend of 12p a share to shareholders.See the full content of this document
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Footsie Slips As Blue-Chips Lead the Ex-Divi Charge ; Market Report
Others also going ex-dividend include oil giant BP, 5p off at 546p, electricity generator Scottish Power, 71/4p cheaper at 4391/ 2p, and luxury cruise op...
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