LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 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 ofthe resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 0.84 points offthe index.
COMPANY(RIC)DIVIDENDSTOCK OPTION IMPACT
(pence)BR LAND 6.02 0.23CO EXPERIAN 13.5 0.36NEXT 45 0.24
Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:
COMPANY(RIC)DIVIDEND
(pence)AUTO TRAD 1.9DAIRY CREST 6.3FOR COL INV 2.7MCCARTHY 3.6MURRAY INTL TR 11
PARAGON GRP 11(Reporting by Julien Ponthus, Editing by Helen Reid)
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