Vodafone and HSBC are leading advances on the UK's benchmark index this morning, on the back of cons...
Vodafone and HSBC are leading advances on the UK's benchmark index this morning, on the back of consecutive gains on the S&P500 index yesterday for the first time since March. The FTSE 100 climbed 42.4 points or 0.8% to 5167.9 after Jefferson Smurfit Group said it's in talks which might lead to a takeover of the world's largest manufacturer of containerboard for packaging. Jefferson jumped 26% to 209p. Hornby also climbed 10% to 407.5p as the model railway and Scalextrix maker exceeded pretax profits for the year ended March 31. However, Body Shop International has not been so p...
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