As punters await figures from Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia the betting is that they will be good ...
As punters await figures from Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia the betting is that they will be good and the market has responded by pushing up the FTSE 100 index by 34 points to 5,215. However, regardless of Nokia's figures, things could turn either way later today when Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan talks before a Senate committee in the US Congress. London's rise this morning mirrors better performances overnight in New York and across Asia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index closed up 17.16 points at 9,730.96 last night as the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index...
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