Stocks up mildly after French far right fail to win
Stock prices in London were mildly up after no block in France secured a majority, with the left-wing New Popular Front beating the far right.
Amongst individual stocks, Britvic got a boost, after it backed a £3.3 billion takeover offer from Carlsberg.
The FTSE 100 index opened up just 1.20 points at 8,205.13. The FTSE 250 was up 36.32 points, 0.2%, at 20,822.97, and the AIM All-Share was up 0...