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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Vodafone said to eye TalkTalk, London shares continue progress, oil close to $100

London’s FTSE 100 index is heading for a fifth week in a row of gains after banks and oil stocks sent the top flight 1% higher today.

The resilience comes in a week when traders have grappled with expectations for a rapid rise in US interest rates over this year.

Brent crude today dipped to below $100 barrel at one point as oil prices head for their second weekly decline in a row.

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