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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans,Michael Hunter and Daniel O'Boyle

FTSE 100 Live 8 April: Index closes up 0.4%, near record high again after strong afternoon, Tesla surges in US

Gold and oil prices are in focus during a fairly strong session for London’s FTSE 100 index.

The latest record for the precious metal and $90 mark for Brent Crude came despite uncertainty over the first move lower for US interest rates.

In corporate developments, Microsoft is to open a new AI hub in Paddington while vets group CVS has reported “considerable disruption” from a UK cyber incident.

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