Yesterday's feasting was clearly not enough and today the FTSE 100 index has moved up another 30 poi...
Yesterday's feasting was clearly not enough and today the FTSE 100 index has moved up another 30 points to 4,160 in morning trading after New York and Tokyo markets surged overnight. The leaders are again being led by a financial stock, as Royal & Sun Alliance has gained 7p to 113.75p so far. But honours are evenly spread between sectors, with Granada and Tomkins currently listed as second and third best performers respectively, up 4p to 79p and up 10p to 220p respectively. There has been some profit-taking, however, with Aviva down 11.5p to 476.5p after Merrill Lynch d...
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