FTSE 100 Commentary

Thu, 9th May 2024 15:00

At 15:00 PM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 28.62 at 8382.67 points, a movement of 0.34%, showing a gentle rise in the market.

BP (BP.) was a heavily traded share, with around £17,700.91m (0.210%) worth of shares being traded.

Overall, 79.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 17.00% were down; giving a positive summary of the day so far.

Investors favourites include Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) which rose 2.85%, JD Sports (JD.) rising 2.31% and Vodafone (VOD) which increased 1.81%. The majority of rising shares came from the Personal Care, Retailers sector(s).

The biggest risers were as follows:

• Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) +14.50 (2.85%)
• JD Sports (JD.) +2.70 (2.31%)
• Vodafone (VOD) +1.22 (1.81%)
• Taylor Wimpey (TW.) +2.45 (1.74%)
• BT (BT.A) +1.80 (1.72%)
• Ocado (OCDO) +5.70 (1.65%)
• Reckitt (RKT) +64.00 (1.41%)
• Sainsbury's (SBRY) +3.80 (1.40%)
• Prudential (PRU) +10.80 (1.39%)

Some of the losing shares were 3i Group (III) which fell -4.98%, HSBC Holdings (HSBA) losing -3.72% and Pearson (PSON) which dropped -1.28%. Most of the falling shares came from the Travel, undefined and Banking sector(s).

The lowest fallers were as follows:

• 3i Group (III) -148.00 (-4.98%)
• HSBC Holdings (HSBA) -26.80 (-3.72%)
• Pearson (PSON) -13.00 (-1.28%)
• InterContinental Hotels (IHG) -92.00 (-1.17%)
• Admiral (ADM) -31.00 (-1.12%)
• International Airlines (IAG) -2.05 (-1.11%)
• Melrose (MRO) -5.60 (-0.93%)
• Spirax-Sarco (SPX) -75.00 (-0.82%)
• Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) -110.00 (-0.68%)