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UK Market News
- HSBC stays in the headlines after the near record penalty of $1.92bn to settle with US investigators with the general press increasingly calling for these ‘windfalls’ to be returned to taxpayers
- The Times details how Barclays was fined €600,000 by Spain yesterday over how it sold ‘low-risk’ bonds to clients four years ago
- And staying in the sector Northern Rock stays in the news as it details it will pay back interest payments on loans to 152,000 customers after ‘paperwork errors’
- Stagecoach announces that it is disappointed by the allegations made by the US Dept. of Justice on allegations of uncompetitive trade in its Twin America JV
- The UK sells £2.5bn in Bills at 11:10
- FTSE 100 Ex dividends (net): Babcock, BAB, (6.3), Polymetal, POLY, ($0.5)
- FTSE 250 Ex dividends (net): 3i Group PLC, III, (2.70), 3i Infrastructure PLC, 3IN, (2.97), Bellway PLC, BWY, (14), Caledonia Investments PLC/fund, CLDN, (12.90), Investec PLC, INVP, (8), Marston’s PLC, MARS, (3.90), Mitie Group PLC, MTO, (4.60), Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC, WWH, (7)
- FTSE Small Share Ex dividends (net): Baring Emerging Europe PLC, BEE, (16), City of London Investment Group PLC, CLIG, (8), Hyder Consulting PLC, HYC, (4), Northgate PLC, NTG, (1.30), XP Power Ltd, XPP, (g12)
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