FTSE rises ahead of Biden's budget | 28 May 2021
28 May 2021 | 12:02pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 was 0.35% higher at 7,044.36 as investors awaited details of president Biden's potential $6 trillion budget later. Pharma giant AstraZeneca said Tagrisso had been approved in the European Union to treat patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The approval by the European Commission was based on positive results from the ADAURA phase 3 trial. AstraZeneca's share price rose by 1.09% to £80.12. Care-based housing and healthcare REIT Civitas Social Housing said it had completed the acq...