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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Blow for City as WE Soda cancels IPO; Fed rates call; FTSE closes at 7,602.74

A return to growth for the UK economy in April was today offset by caution in the recruitment sector after staffing firm Robert Walters warned on profits.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed UK GDP rose by 0.2% in the month, a performance in line with expectations after a decline in March.

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