FTSE rises over 6,000 again

A strong showing from the US also helped boosted the UK market with the index currently on 6006.40. ITV is one of the winners up 2.50 to 64.00 on the news its advertising outlook could be better than expected. International Power and Vedanta Resources are also in the top five list up 14.75 and 72.00 respectively. However, Friends Provident had a weaker start to the day down 1.20 to 134.20 on the news JC Flowers may back away from making an offer for the group. Lloyds TSB was also among the losers, down 4.00 to 442.25. In the US, the Dow Jones closed up 54 at 12,581 led by a strong ...