Pru insures FTSE gains

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The FTSE 100 is up 32.5 points, or 0.56%, to 5,824, losing earlier gains towards the end of the day as Wall Street also fell back.

Prudential is at the top of the leaderboard with gains of 4.56% to 618.5p, closely followed by Centrica, up 4.47% to 286.25p, with Amvescap in a third place with gains of 3.56% to 494.5p. However ICAP led the fallers with a drop of 2.85% to 494.25p, followed by Boots which slipped 2.35% to 768p, while Alliance Unichem also fell 1.92% to 1,020p. In the US the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 4 points or 0.04% to 11,186.80, as conflicting signals on inflation damped speculation the Federal Reserve may pause after raising interest rates for two years. Apple has slipped $1.75 to $57.22...

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