FTSE 100 Commentary

Wed, 24th Apr 2024 12:00

At 12:00 PM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 40.85 at 8085.66 points, a movement of 0.51%, showing a average rise in the market.

Legal & General (LGEN) was a well traded share, with approximately £2,115.5m (0.140%) worth of shares changing hands.

Overall, 50.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 47.00% were down; giving a positive summary of the day so far.

Investors favourites include Reckitt (RKT) which rose 4.49%, Rio Tinto (RIO) rising 3.37% and BAE Systems (BA.) which increased 2.80%. The majority of rising shares came from the Banking and Medicine and Biotech sector(s).

The biggest risers were as follows:

• Reckitt (RKT) +191.00 (4.49%)
• Rio Tinto (RIO) +179.00 (3.37%)
• BAE Systems (BA.) +37.50 (2.80%)
• Lloyds (LLOY) +1.08 (2.10%)
• Glencore (GLEN) +8.85 (1.89%)
• BP (BP.) +7.60 (1.45%)
• Bunzl (BNZL) +40.00 (1.31%)
• Antofagasta (ANTO) +25.00 (1.16%)
• Scottish Mortgage (SMT) +9.40 (1.14%)

Some of the losing shares were Croda International (CRDA) which fell -3.87%, Ocado (OCDO) losing -3.26% and Burberry (BRBY) which dropped -2.71%. Most of the falling shares came from the Personal Care, Retailers and Household Goods sector(s).

The lowest fallers were as follows:

• Croda International (CRDA) -189.00 (-3.87%)
• Ocado (OCDO) -12.30 (-3.26%)
• Burberry (BRBY) -31.50 (-2.71%)
• Entain (ENT) -19.40 (-2.29%)
• JD Sports (JD.) -2.05 (-1.67%)
• B&M (BME) -8.20 (-1.56%)
• Fresnillo (FRES) -9.00 (-1.56%)
• AB Foods (ABF) -39.00 (-1.43%)
• Persimmon (PSN) -19.00 (-1.42%)