Blackrock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC - investment trust focused on small, mid and large-cap European companies - Announces that it has decided not to implement a semi-annual tender offer in May. Says that it has concluded that the tender offer was not in shareholders' best interests as its average share price discount to net asset value, on a cum income basis, was 5.29% over the six months to March 31. The discount was 6.29% at the close of business on Tuesday. Click here to Read More
| Top Five Risers (FTSE 100) | |||
| Company | Price | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce | 1,278.00p | 135.40 | 11.85% |
| easyJet | 392.90p | 35.70 | 9.99% |
| Antofagasta | 3,777.00p | 339.00 | 9.86% |
| Standard Chartered | 1,725.00p | 151.60 | 9.64% |
| Persimmon | 1,175.00p | 93.00 | 8.6% |
| FTSE Indices | |||
| Company | Price | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 | 10,608.88 | 260.09 | 2.51% |
| FTSE 250 | 22,434.83 | 878.38 | 4.07% |
| FTSE 350 | 5,736.65 | 149.21 | 2.67% |
| FTSE Small Cap | 7,563.06 | 241.32 | 3.3% |
| FTSE All-Share | 5,670.25 | 147.89 | 2.68% |
| Most Popular Shares (FTSE 100) | |||||
| TIDM | Company | Price | Change | Change % | Day's Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLOY | Lloyds | 102.14p | 6.41p | 6.7% | 400,158,060 |
| BP. | BP | 562.70p | -34.80p | -5.82% | 107,989,913 |
| VOD | Vodafone | 117.60p | 2.15p | 1.86% | 85,156,269 |
| TW. | Taylor Wimpey | 88.22p | 5.28p | 6.37% | 72,917,584 |
| BARC | Barclays | 436.00p | 30.20p | 7.44% | 62,989,368 |
| RR. | Rolls-Royce | 1,278.00p | 135.40p | 11.85% | 52,504,516 |
| CTEC | ConvaTec | 224.80p | 10.40p | 4.85% | 44,900,548 |
| IAG | International Airlines | 389.40p | 29.20p | 8.11% | 38,918,350 |
| HSBA | HSBC Holdings | 1,334.80p | 67.40p | 5.32% | 38,183,478 |
| JD. | JD Sports | 73.44p | 4.42p | 6.4% | 36,646,273 |
| GLEN | Glencore | 562.80p | 4.80p | 0.86% | 36,612,959 |
| NWG | Natwest | 608.00p | 39.00p | 6.85% | 34,130,575 |
| LGEN | Legal & General | 259.45p | 7.30p | 2.9% | 33,931,867 |
| CNA | Centrica | 213.40p | -5.30p | -2.42% | 27,774,432 |
| HLN | Haleon | 368.90p | -0.30p | -0.08% | 23,398,673 |
| SHEL | Shell | 3,401.00p | -167.00p | -4.68% | 21,136,169 |
| TSCO | Tesco | 485.65p | 5.25p | 1.09% | 20,446,959 |
| BT.A | BT | 217.90p | 3.65p | 1.7% | 17,551,456 |
| AV. | Aviva | 630.50p | 12.70p | 2.06% | 13,443,784 |
| NG. | National Grid | 1,331.60p | 15.20p | 1.15% | 12,988,306 |
| BTRW | Barratt Redrow | 267.50p | 16.40p | 6.53% | 12,627,441 |
| ULVR | Unilever | 4,297.50p | 109.50p | 2.61% | 12,075,967 |
| STAN | Standard Chartered | 1,725.00p | 151.60p | 9.64% | 11,818,222 |
| EZJ | easyJet | 392.90p | 35.70p | 9.99% | 11,560,915 |
| WPP | WPP | 256.00p | 9.40p | 3.81% | 10,498,874 |