FTSE: Positive start for retail sector

A big week for the retail sector began positively today as healthy Christmas sales at camera specialist Jessops sparked investor interest in the owner of Dixons.

DSG International, which owns Dixons and Currys, rose 2.5p to 170.5p in the wake of the news from Jessops that like-for-like sales were up 9.4% in the five weeks to New Year’s Day.