Friday, May 4, 2007

FTSE up on flurry of M&A activity, US data eyed

(Reuters) - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares was up 0.2 percent on Friday ahead of the UK holiday weekend, as a strong performance overnight in Asia and M&A activity supported the UK markets.

At 0724 GMT the UK benchmark index was up 9.6 points, or 0.2 percent, at 6,547.4 after hitting over a six-year high in the previous session.


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