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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: ‘Massive house price rises may be nearing end’; Next faces shareholder revolt; shares up

Plans for mass job cuts at BT and a big loss at the owner of strike-hit Royal Mail are among today’s major corporate developments.

Investors have also heard from the bosses of Burberry, National Grid and the Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods.

The FTSE 100 index, meanwhile, is higher after Wall Street was boosted yesterday by optimism that the US can avoid a debt default.

Here’s a look at how the markets have moved as of midday London.

Click through the buttons below to explore the different charts.

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