Investors have drawn encouragement from a strong performance on Wall Street as the FTSE 100 Index looked set to continue its steady progress.
The Footsie rose 21.2 points to 4320.2 in the first hour of trading after a 2% lift for the tech-laden Nasdaq and a 100 point gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York.
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