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The FTSE 100 has finished at its best levels of the day, up 50.8 points or 0.87%, to 5,870.9, following the Middle East ceasefire and resulting decline in oil prices.

The FTSE 100 has started trading strongly this morning, rising 33.8 points, or 0.58% to 5,853.9, after two days of losses.

Resolution Asset Management has appointed a new head of its third-party sales division which includes intermediaries.

An increase in house prices last month following successive declines over both May and June is typical of a stable market, claims the Halifax.

Increases in the number of people affected by inheritance tax means people should not wait until they are retired to start estate planning.

The Monetary Policy Committee is likely to keep interest rates unchanged as overall consumer confidence appears to have stabilised.

The FTSE 100 has ended the day down 46.6 points, or 0.78% to 5,928.3, with a mix of weak insurers, and gloomy miners ensuring a poor result.

Latest figures from the British Bankers' Association show there has been strong gross mortgage lending but weak unsecured lending over the last month.

The FTSE 100 has ended the day up 25.9 points, or 0.44%, to 5,877.1 despite a poor start to Wall Street.

The FTSE 100 index has ended the day up 114 points, or 2% higher, to 5,833.9, adding to its earlier rise, as Wall Street jumped forward in opening trades.