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The London Stock Exchange started the day off by dropping before making up the losses to post a sligh...

The London Stock Exchange started the day off by dropping before making up the losses to post a slight gain within the first hour of trading and the FTSE 100 index currently is up 21 points at 5,259. The number of gainers is outweighing the number of losers by 54:43 with 3 non-movers. Top gainer is British Airways, up more than 14p to 231p after another positive note from a broker, this time UBS Warburg, supported by the company's retaining its FTSE 100 listing and operating cost gains from falling oil prices. Unlike yesterday, oil stocks staged a recovery as dealers reacted t...

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