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London close: Stocks finish higher on raft of corporate earnings

By Josh White

Date: Tuesday 05 Aug 2025

(Sharecast News) - London stocks closed slightly higher on Tuesday, buoyed by strong corporate earnings from several blue-chip firms despite fresh signs of weakness in the UK's service sector and subdued investor sentiment ahead of the Bank of England's next rate decision.
The FTSE 100 index rose 0.16% to close at...

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