Sainsbury's sales propel FTSE

The index is marginally up, by 0.9p, or 0.1%, to 6,273.6, with Sainsbury’s climbing 14.5p to 379.5p. Kingfisher leads the winners table and Rexam and British Land have also made gains. Tui Travel, which has dropped 8.25p, or 3.77%, to 210.5, Rentokil and Man Group have also suffered losses. A strong day’s trading in the US saw the Dow Jones climb 146.24 points, or 1.16%, to 12,735.31 on Wednesday. Du Pont climbed 2.03 points to 44.78, followed by Microsoft, up 2.96% to 34.44, and Hewlett Packard. Coca Cola and American Express also had strong days. GEN Motors, Walt Disney, and AT&T ...