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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: London blue-chip index closes up 1.7% amid easing food inflation, Asia recovery

London shares today resumed trading with the benefit of a strong handover from overseas markets.

China’s stamp duty cut on stock trades and Wall Street’s calm reaction to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday have aided stock market sentiment.

In London, FTSE 100-listed outsourcing group Bunzl and the Irish hotels group Dalata have posted results.

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