A string of mostly positive trading updates from UK companies was giving London shares a boost early Thursday, ahead of a key inflation reading in the US.Investors hope the consumer price index for December, due at 1330 GMT, will show a continued softening in price pressures, allowing the US Federal Reserve to slow the pace of interest rate hikes.On the UK corporate front, investors cheered a guid

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