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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: IMF upgrades UK prospects, shares edge up, pound slips again, Unilever ‘peak inflation’ hopes

Consumer goods giant Unilever, caterer Compass and Games Workshop are among the UK-listed companies reporting today.

Corporate earnings have already boosted shares in the US, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average is on its best run since 2017.

Most Asian markets were sharply higher today following China’s pledge of further action to support the country’s faltering economy.

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