UK stocks open 0.4% higher as Lloyds upgrades guidance | 28 April 2021
28 April 2021 | 08:30am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on a busy day for local corporate earnings brightened by pleasing updates from Lloyds and WPP that offset disappointing numbers from Sainsburys and Reckitt Benckiser. At 0821, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 24.66 points, or 0.4%, at 6,969.63. High-street lender Lloyds rallied 4.4% to 45.5p, having reported a jump in first-quarter profit as bad debt provisions fell amid an ongoing economic recovery, offsetting lower incom...
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