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The FTSE Index fell 30 points on that day, about half of 1%, after a weak opening so we would have expected shares going ex dividend to lose slightly more than the amount of the dividend.

We can see that all three shares opened lowed than we would have expected, all things being equal – that is, they all fell by more than the dividend to which share buyers were no longer entitled. This reflected weak stock market conditions. Pearson and Prudential continued to give ground during the day although BAT began to buck the trend, recovering just 1p during the course of the trading day.