FTSE opens higher amid hopes Brexit trade deal is imminent | 24 December 2020
24 December 2020 | 08:29am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on Thursday amid increasing signs that the UK and EU were poised to sign a post-Brexit trade deal. At 08.23, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 21.23 points, or 0.3%, at 6,516.98. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to hold a press conference later Thursday morning, at which he was hoped to confirm that an historic Christmas Eve agreement had been reached. In corporate news, mining company BHP shed 0.3% to £19.604 after it said production had restarted at its Samarco iron ore venture with Vale in Brazil, around f...
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