UK market boosted by mobile company shares

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London markets were mixed today, with the FTSE 100 closing slightly higher by 7.9 points to 5198.6. ...

London markets were mixed today, with the FTSE 100 closing slightly higher by 7.9 points to 5198.6. The UK market had been holding back to find out the movements on Wall Street after this week's rally. One of the best performers was Man Group and shares of the fund management company rose by 70p to 1280p after it announced its two new products have raised $590 million in client money. Mobile phone companies performed well today after Microsoft announced it is spending billions of dollars to make sure that the Windows operating system will dominate European mobile sector as deman...

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