FTSE heading for second winning month in a row

Optimistically, the FTSE 100 could be heading for its second winning month in a row, adding 13.2, or 0.3%, to 4198.6 this morning. The index has advanced 3.9% this month after climbing 8.5% in October. The FTSE All-Share Index gained 5.81, or 0.3%, to 2016.08. Reuters and Prudential have led the gains. The financial news wire rose 6.5 pence, or 2.8%, to 239p, while Prudential, the second-largest British insurer, added 20p, or 3.8%, to 545. Other companies experience rises are Eurocopy, the photocopier service provider. Its shares rose 2.5p, or 6.1%, to 43.5. The company said ...