Fund manager Hargreaves Lansdown helped London's blue- chip share index make further gains as robust earnings continued to boost sentiment.
Fund manager Hargreaves Lansdown helped London's blue- chip share index make further gains as robust earnings continued to boost sentiment.
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Hargreaves soared 11%, or 82.5p, to 817p after a 30% jump in pre-tax profits in its first-half results and said assets under administration had surged 16% from June 30 to £30.4 billion.
The FTSE-100 index closed 12.6 points higher at 6295.3 as it continued its return to form after Monday's 100 point slump, helped by encouraging economic indicators from the eurozone and US.
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