The FTSE 100 index has closed up over the 4500 level again after rallying throughout the day on the back of strong trading for Cadbury Schweppes and oil firms.
Cadbury, the confectioners and drinks manufacturer, gained 10.75p or 2.5% to 445.75p to push the FTSE 100 up 26 points or 0.6% to 4515.8 while the FTSE All-Share added 11.33 points or 0.5% to 2256. BP, Europe's largest oil company, closed the day at a 19-month high of 490.25p having closed up 8p or 1.7%. Its rival Shell Transport, which owns 40 percent of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, also added 8.5p or 2.3% to 378p, thanks to a rise in the Brent crude price in London to $33.46 a barrel. Cadbury, the world's third-largest maker of soft drinks, climbed 10.75 pence, or 2.5 percent, to 445.75...
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