UK stocks ended the day on a positive note paced by retailer GUS after the company agreed to sell so...
UK stocks ended the day on a positive note paced by retailer GUS after the company agreed to sell some home-shopping units. The benchmark FTSE 100 Index rose 12.6 points, or 0.38%, to 3,992.40, after shedding earlier during the day, and the FTSE All Share Index added 5.22 points to 1,937.37. The owner of Britain's No. 2 home-improvement chain, GUS, advanced 33.75p to 626.5p after the company agreed to sell its home-shopping units in the UK, Ireland and Sweden and its Reality logistics business for £590m to the Barclay brothers in a bid to reduce debt. The UK provider...
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