Telecoms help maintain Footsie rally

After some shaky moments earlier on in the day the city finally endorsed yesterday's rally and the FTSE 100 finished both the day and the week higher. Support for telecom groups provided much of the index's gains, particularly heavyweight stock Vodafone. The FTSE 100 finished the day up 55.4 points to 5537 having started the week at 5479.2. Sage finished the day as FTSE 100 top gainer, up 14.25p to 232p and the software group also took the title of week's best FTSE 100 performer boasting a gain of around 15%. Vodafone was Friday's second best riser with a gain of 6.25p to 14.25p...