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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Henry Saker-Clark

FTSE inches higher despite caution after jump in UK inflation

London stocks were a touch higher on Wednesday (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

London’s top equity markets wobbled after inflation lifted to its highest level since March amid investor caution over key central bank votes.

UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.6% in November after a rise in petrol prices, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

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