Trading on the London Stock Exchange is this morning being driven up for the third day in a row, as advertising firm WPP, Aviva and Reuters make the most of gains.
The FTSE 100 has just touched the 4400 mark within early trading, thanks to a 2.7% share price rise for WPP to 565.5p. Aviva, the parent group behind Norwich Union, has also gained 11.5p or 2.2% to 539.5p. Reuters is also up 8.75 or 2.3% to 395.75p after announcing it had sold a Paris-based credit and legal data division called ORT SAS Group, for Euro47.6m. Even though Capita yesterday won a huge contract to manage the Children’s Mutual’s child trust fund admin, its share price is still down 5.5p or 1.8% to 369.5p this morning. In Asia, the big Japanese names ended the day down ...
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