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16 February 2021 | 07:31am StockMarketWire.com - Disease test-kit supplier Omega Diagnostics welcomed the publication of positive research that had analysed the performance of a Covid-19 test that it is helping to produce. A pre-print publication, funded by Public Health England, had reviewed performance of rapid antibody tests, including the AbC-19TM test being developed by the UK Rapid Test Consortium, of which Omega was a partner. The study showed that AbC-19TM was highly accurate when tested on samples from individuals previously positive for the virus by PCR and from samples collected pr...

8 February 2021 | 08:43am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on Monday following rises on Asian exchanges and in the oil price, as a global Covid vaccine rollout gains momentum and US lawmakers close in on a stimulus deal. At 0824, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 18.61 points, or 0.3%, at 6,507.94. BP gained 0.9% to 254.25p and Shell was broadly flat at £13.448 after Brent crude prices hit $60 a barrel. Credit reporting company Experian reversed 1.4% to £26.01, despite stating there was no evidence its systems had been compromised following media reports about data illegally...

8 February 2021 | 12:06pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 gathered momentum on Monday as investors looked to progress on a $1.9 trillion US stimulus package, with the index also supported by weakness in sterling. By midday the FTSE 100 was up 1.2% to 6,565.41. Index heavyweights BP and Royal Dutch Shell gained 2.7% to 254.25p and 1.3% to £12.97 respectively after Brent crude prices hit $60 a barrel for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. Credit reporting company Experian reversed 0.6% to £26.20, despite stating there was no evidence its systems had been compromised following...

8 February 2021 | 16:39pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 closed up materially on Monday, rising xx to xxxx.xx but was off its highs amid competing catalysts around oil prices, US stimulus and Covid. In the US stocks ascended to new record highs with the S&P 500 ahead by 0.3% to 3,897.89 at 4.30pm UK time. Bitcoin also hit a fresh record level after emerged that tech firm Tesla had invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. FTSE heavyweights BP and Royal Dutch Shell gained 4.1% to 262.3p and 2% to £13.05 respectively after Brent crude prices reached $60 a barrel for the first time since...