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London open: FTSE rises as jobs data boosts rate cut expectations
By Michele Maatouk
Date: Tuesday 17 Feb 2026
(Sharecast News) - London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday, while sterling fell as the latest UK jobs data boosted expectations of a rate cut in March.
At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 10,506.53, while the pound was 0.4% lower against the dollar at 1.3578.
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