Ex-divs to take five points off FTSE 100 on April 2

The following FTSE 100 companies were expected to go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors could no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 5.05 points off the index. But as companies like UK housebuilder Taylor Wimpey have postponed or ditched dividend payments in a bid to preserve cash due to the coron