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BUZZ-UK high-dividend stocks: rally as UK rate-hike fears recede

Thu, 06th Aug 2015 14:08

** Shares in big UK dividend yielders underpinned as 'SuperThursday' dispels rate-hike worries

** GlaxoSmithKline up 2.7%. One trader attributesstrength to divi attractions, stock spiked after BoEannouncement at 1100 GMT (divi yield 5.6%); resurfaced Pfizer bid talk also a factor

** The trader also flags strength in fellow UK dividendstalwart Vodafone

** Top 10 FTSE 100 dividend yielders, according toThomson Reuters data: Morrisons (+7.4%), Anglo American (+6.8%), BHP Billiton, (+6.5%), Shell (+6.5%), BP (+6.4%) SSE (+5.8%), StanChart (+5.8%), Glencore (+5.7%), GSK, Rio Tinto (+5.4%)

** BoE Governor Mark Carney says says rate path implied bymarket would cause inflation overshoot

** Also, BoE appeared in no rush to start raising interestrates on Thursday, with minutes showing just one top policymakervoted to do so this week

** 'Super Thursday' - the first time BoE simultaneouslypublished its interest rate decision, breakdown of howpolicymakers voted & a summary of their debate, & its quarterlyforecasts for Britain's economy, including inflation (RM: tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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