FTSE in positive territory
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB led the FTSE 100 Index higher today after rejecting a £12bn (€14bn) bid by its biggest shareholder.
The offer from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for the 61% of the firm it does not already own left shares 19% or 112p ahead at 712.5p, as the board snubbed the 700p-a-share proposal but left the door open to an offer of 800p or more.