Wall Street's gains boost FTSE

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UK stocks advanced this morning, bolstered by Wall Street's strong performance last night. T...

UK stocks advanced this morning, bolstered by Wall Street's strong performance last night. The benchmark FTSE 100 Index was 54.5 points ahead at 3972.2 this morning, and the FTSE All-Share was up 24.72 points to 1,905.72 at 9.30am this morning. Among the highest climbers were banks and insurers. Lloyds TSB rose 14.75p, or 4% to 414.75p, while Barclays advanced 13.25p to 434p and Royal Bank of Scotland gained 40p to 1659p. Insurers also rose as Legal & General gained 2.25p to 79.5p, Norwich Union owner Aviva advanced 7.5p to 423.5p and Prudential rose 9.75p to 38...

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