Shares rose across the board today after a new report showing UK consumer confidence has been growin...
Shares rose across the board today after a new report showing UK consumer confidence has been growing through November. The FTSE 100 index climbed 41.20 points to close at 4,185.40 on a day when US markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday - they open for just half a day's trading tomorrow. Debt figured highly in the rebound, as Invensys led the gainers with a 4.75p rise to 63.5p after announcing another sale of assets to cut debt. Vodafone jumped 4.25p to 124.75p after it announced the acquisition of another 8% of Dutch operator Libertel. Analysts expect ...
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