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UK stocks trade higher ahead of Chancellor’s spring statement

Stocks in London continued to comfortably outperform their counterparts in Paris and Frankfurt at midday Wednesday, as UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to unveil her spring statement shortly, with welfare cuts widely anticipated. The FTSE 100 index was up 18.87 points, 0.2%, at 8,682.54. The FTSE 250 was up 114.35 points, 0.6%, at 20,095.56, and the AIM All-Share was...

26 March 2025, 11:55

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