The London market closed higher today following positive US retail sales and amid hopes two of the eurozone's struggling members would receive bailouts later this week.
The FTSE 100 Index closed 12.3 points higher at 5805.6 after the US Commerce Department said US retail sales had grown for the third month in a row in September.
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