Rise in oil price ends FTSE back over 4500 points

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...