At mid morning trade on Tuesday the FTSE 100 shook off news of yesterday's New York airline cra...
At mid morning trade on Tuesday the FTSE 100 shook off news of yesterday's New York airline crash and was up 87 points to 5233. Market confidence in London was restored after key indices in the US recovered the lion's share of their losses on Monday. The telecom sector fared best with BT leading the FTSE 100 risers, up 17p to 327p. Market heavyweight Vodafone pleased the city and beat expectations after it announced a 46% jump in first-half proportionate ebitda to £4.78bn. Vodafone added 3p to 177p. Wall Street managed to claw back most of the sharp losses that hit the mark...
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