FTSE edges higher as Taylor Wimpey pleases; Ashtead disappoints | 2 March 2021
2 March 2021 | 08:32am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks made modest gains in early trading on Tuesday after a bevvy of local companies released earnings results, including a pleasing update from Taylor Wimpey and a disappointing one from Ashtead. At 0818, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 8.15 points, or 0.1%, at 6,596.68. Engineering group Renishaw rallied 12% to £64.90 after it put itself up for sale following a decision by founders and major shareholders David McMurtry and John Deer to sell their stakes in the company. McMurtry and Deer, who were Renishaw's chairman and deputy chairman, ...
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