The London market made cautious gains yesterday after Spain secured its first bailout payment for its banks and was given extra breathing space to meet its fiscal targets.

The FTSE-100 index closed 36.74 points higher at 5664.07 as the country's government was told it could bring its fiscal deficit down to 2.8% by 2014, rather than the original target of 3% by next year.

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