LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go
ex-dividend on Wednesday, 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-ma
Navin Agarwal, the Deputy Executive Chairman, of mining group Vedanta, on Thursday disposed of 50,000 shares, reducing his stake to 167.53m.
The director sold the stock at 1,174p a time, earning himself £587,000.
This week the company welcomed Tom Albanese, the former Chief Executive of Rio Tint
FTSE 250-listed Monks Investment Trust has reported that the net asset value per share closed at an all-time year-end high in its preliminary results for the year to April 30th 2013.
The net asset value total return, with borrowings at fair value, was 7.8% and the share price total return was 6.2%.
Monks Investment Trust has been battered by the ill winds of the Eurozone crisis in the 12 months to the end of April.
The trust, which is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co in Edinburgh, saw its net asset value (including capital and income) drop 4.5%. The share price total return fell 6.2% compared
CSR, the chipmaking firm, has taken a hit after Numis downgraded the group to 'add', from 'buy', on the back of worrying news from its major customer Nokia this week, which cut its second-quarter outlook.
Heading the other way are the retailers, with Sports Direct, Carpetright and Dunelm posting im
The Monks Investment Trust, which focuses on international growth stocks and is managed by Edinburgh based fund management group Baillie Gifford, outperformed its benchmark index last year.
In the year to 30 April it achieved a net asset value total return of 11.2%. During the same period the share
The performance of Monks Investment Trust, which focuses on international growth stocks, left its benchmark index in its wake last year.
Net asset value per share (NAV) rose 25% in the year to the end of October compared to a rise on the FTSE World Index of 15% over the same period.
In the six mon
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Monks Investment Trust PLC (MNKS.LN), said Wednesday it made a pretax profit of GBP305.21 million for the year ended April 30, compared with loss GBP331.26 million, adding that it halved full year dividend to 3 pence.
MAIN FACTS:
-Full year net asset value per share, with
Footsie closed with strong gains after a volatile day for the leading share index.
Mining stocks dragged the market higher as metal prices bounced on reports of an exports surge in China. A news agency is reporting that China's exports in May were 50% higher than a year earlier.
That news has boo
Mining stocks are dragging the market higher as metal prices bounce on reports of an exports surge in China. A news agency is reporting that China's exports in May were 50% higher than a year earlier.
That news has boosted demand for the likes of Fresnillo, Kazakhmys, Xstrata and Vedanta. While si
The blue-chip index has limped back into the blue despite the weakness of oil stocks. Around three quarters of the market-value weighted index's constituents are higher but with heavy hitters BP, Shell and BG in the red the Footsie is struggling to make headway.
BP investors are concerned by the ve
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Monks Investment Trust PLC (MKS.LN) said Wednesday its net asset value per share at April 30 appreciated 43% to 364.1 pence compared with a 32% rise in the FTSE World Index in sterling terms.
MAIN FACTS:
-EPS for year ended April 30 4.02 pence (2009: 6.97 pence)
-Boar
Monks Investment Trust, which focuses on international growth stocks, gave its benchmark index a whipping in the last financial year.
Net asset value per share rose by 42.8% in the year to 30 April 2010, compared to a 31.5% increase in the FTSE World Index in sterling terms.
The largest positive c
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