A £31 billion takeover pursuit and some robust blue-chip updates helped to boost the FTSE 100 index today.
Anglo American, whose interests include De Beers and the giant Woodsmith polyhalite project in North Yorkshire, is the target of Australia’s BHP.
Meanwhile, shares in Barclays, AstraZeneca and Unilever performed strongly after their first quarter updates. Sainsbury’s also posted annual results.
