FTSE 100 Commentary

Mon, 15th Apr 2024 14:00

At 14:00 PM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 1.14 at 7996.72 points, a movement of 0.01%, showing a slight rise in the market.

Ocado (OCDO) was a much traded share, with roughly £1,385.3m (0.475%) worth of shares being bought and sold.

Overall, 74.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 24.00% were down; giving a positive outlook of the day so far.

Some of the top risers include IMI (IMI) which rose 2.89%, Beazley (BEZ) rising 2.60% and Weir Group (WEIR) which increased 2.07%. The majority of gaining shares came from the Retailers , Banking and Life Insurance sector(s).

The biggest risers were as follows:

• IMI (IMI) +51.00 (2.89%)
• Beazley (BEZ) +17.00 (2.60%)
• Weir Group (WEIR) +42.00 (2.07%)
• Rightmove (RMV) +10.80 (2.07%)
• Melrose (MRO) +13.00 (2.02%)
• Rolls-Royce (RR.) +7.90 (1.95%)
• Auto Trader (AUTO) +13.40 (1.95%)
• Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) +9.50 (1.89%)
• BAE Systems (BA.) +24.00 (1.82%)

In the fallers list were BP (BP.) which fell -1.91%, Centrica (CNA) losing -1.80% and Fresnillo (FRES) which dropped -1.77%. The majority of falling shares came from the Gas and Water, undefined and Personal Care sector(s).

The lowest fallers were as follows:

• BP (BP.) -10.30 (-1.91%)
• Centrica (CNA) -2.40 (-1.80%)
• Fresnillo (FRES) -11.00 (-1.77%)
• Shell (SHEL) -47.00 (-1.60%)
• Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) -40.00 (-0.98%)
• National Grid (NG.) -10.00 (-0.96%)
• Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) -120.00 (-0.79%)
• BT (BT.A) -0.80 (-0.75%)
• Entain (ENT) -5.20 (-0.63%)