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Monday, February 8, 2010

UK dividends on downward path

Dividends payments by U.K. companies reduced by 15% in 2009, with financial cutting their payments by half as the banking sector collapsed. The yield is now estimated to be 3.4% for the UK FTSE All share for 2010. Oil companies (BP and Shell), tobacco stocks (Imperial and BAT), and pharma (GSK, Astra) dominate the top FTSE 100 dividend payers.
Posted by Contrarian Investor UK at 7:01 AM
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