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London open: Stocks tick up amid US-UK trade deal hopes, ahead of BoE

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Thursday 08 May 2025

(Sharecast News) - London stocks ticked up in early trade on Thursday as investors awaited an expected US-UK trade deal announcement later in the day and a 25 basis points rate cut from the Bank of England.
At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 8,575.66.

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