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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Rio Tinto pays record dividend as Barclays returns £2.5 billion, oil price steady

Rio Tinto today declared a record dividend worth $16.8 billion (£12bn) as City investors get a slice of 2021's commodity price boom.

Barclays shareholders have also been promised £2.5 billion of capital returns after the banking giant posted strong results today.

The pay-outs came during a quieter session for financial markets, with Brent crude holding firm at $97 a barrel in the wake of this week’s escalation of Ukraine tensions.

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