FTSE 100 dips in the red; AstraZeneca PLC on the rise after posting bullish update
FTSE 100 closes on the front foot, with AstraZeneca the top riser Footsie finished Friday ahead by around eight points, or 0.12%, at 6,969, FTSE 100 closes around eight points higher AstraZeneca top blue-chip riser 5.05pm: FTSE closes ahead FTSE 100 closed on the front foot at the end of the trading week, with drugs giant and much-in-the-news COVID-19 vaccine producer AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) the top dog. Footsie finished ahead by around eight points, or 0.12%, at 6,969, with the psychologically significant 7,000 level now coming back into view. Over the week as a whole , the FTSE 100 added ar...