- FTSE 100 up 0.1% to 6,865
- Gold down 0.35% to $1,264.81/oz
- £/$ - 1.5328
BT's confirmation that it is to buy EE sent its shares up by 4.5%. And Tullow Oil bounced back from Wednesday's losses to become the day's highest climber, rising 5.6%.
In European markets, the Paris CAC 40 rose 0.2% to 4,703, and the German Xetra Dax slipped six points to 10,905.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2% to 17,884, the S&P 500 gained 1% to 2,062, and the Nasdaq Composite was 1% higher at 4,765.
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Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 added 0.8% to 17,648, and the broader Topix index rose 0.5% to 1,417. And in China, the Shanghai Composite slid 1.9% to 3,075, and the CSI 300 fell 1.6% to 3,312.
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