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Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Vodafone’s robust update, Alphabet shares higher, Playtech deal in doubt, Ocado soars

Vodafone boss Nick Read today backed his growth strategy after the mobile phone giant delivered quarterly results in line with expectations.

Read is under increased scrutiny following a poor share price performance and this week's disclosure that activist investor Cevian Capital has built a stake in the group.

Vodafone's third quarter results showed revenues growth of 2.7%, up from 2.4% in the previous three months and a performance that Read said showed the “sustainability of our growth strategy and medium-term ambition”.

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