The pound staged a recovery on Tuesday as weakness in the euro and dollar helped the UK currency shrug off weak services data.

The FTSE 100 Index was in positive territory today after the latest opinion poll on the Scottish referendum showed a lead for the No campaign.

A rebound for London shares on hopes that Greece’s pro-euro parties are seeing a pick-up in support prior to next month’s elections proved short-lived today.

Companies reporting results next week include:

Saudi security forces have stormed an expat housing complex where suspected Islamic militants are holed up with a reported 50 hostages after attacking oil company offices.