Wed, 24th Apr 2024 09:00
At 09:00 AM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 35.11 at 8079.92 points, a movement of 0.44%, showing a slight rise in the market.
Lloyds (LLOY) was a much traded share, with roughly £1,592.7m (0.050%) worth of shares being bought and sold.
Overall, 48.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 46.00% were down; giving a positive view of the day so far.
Investors favourites include Reckitt (RKT) which rose 4.40%, Rio Tinto (RIO) rising 3.01% and BAE Systems (BA.) which increased 1.79%. The majority of rising shares came from the Medicine and Biotech and Industrial Metals sector(s).
The biggest risers were as follows:
- Reckitt (RKT) +187.00 (4.40%)
- Rio Tinto (RIO) +160.00 (3.01%)
- BAE Systems (BA.) +24.00 (1.79%)
- Glencore (GLEN) +7.40 (1.58%)
- Anglo American (AAL) +33.00 (1.56%)
- Scottish Mortgage (SMT) +10.40 (1.26%)
- Bunzl (BNZL) +34.00 (1.11%)
- Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) +44.00 (1.10%)
- Astrazeneca (AZN) +122.00 (1.08%)
Some of the losing shares were Burberry (BRBY) which fell -2.79%, Ocado (OCDO) losing -1.83% and Fresnillo (FRES) which dropped -1.73%. Most of the falling shares came from the Personal Care, Banking and Gas and Water sector(s).
The lowest fallers were as follows: