MARKET REPORT: 合併 mania 押し進めるs Footsie to two-year high with 麻薬s 巨大（な） GlaxoSmithKline 主要な the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金

By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail

Updated:

The FTSE 100 climbed to a two-year high and a fresh 地位，任命する-pandemic 記録，記録的な／記録する as 引き継ぎ／買収 talk gripped the City.

The blue-半導体素子 索引 rose 0.9 per cent, or 68.28 points, to 7611.23, the first time it has topped 7600 since January 2020, a month before the onset of Covid-19 sent 全世界の 株式市場s into 炉心溶融.

GlaxoSmithKline helped lead the FTSE 100’s ascent, 伸び（る）ing 4.1 per cent, or 66.8p, to 1707.8p, に引き続いて news of Unilever’s 試みる／企てるd 急襲する on the pharma 巨大（な）’s 消費者 healthcare 商売／仕事.

New high: The blue-chip index rose 0.9%, to 7611.23, the first time it has topped 7600 since January 2020, a month before Covid sent markets into meltdown

New high: The blue-半導体素子 索引 rose 0.9%, to 7611.23, the first time it has topped 7600 since January 2020, a month before Covid sent markets into 炉心溶融

Unilever 株, however, were 負かす／撃墜する 7 per cent, or 274.5p, at 3662p as 仲買人s surmised that such a 引き継ぎ／買収 could be a step t oo far for the 消費者 goods group.

But arch 競争相手 Reckitt Benckiser ? which makes Dettol and 空気／公表する Wick ? 伸び（る）d 3.3 per cent, or 202p, to 6397p. Reckitt also 任命するd a City heavyweight to its board.

Alan Stewart, the former 長，指導者 財政上の officer of Tesco (up 1.6 per cent, or 4.45p, to 289.45p), 示すs & Spencer (up 0.1 per cent, or 0.2p, to 223.5p) and ex-財政／金融 director at WH Smith (up 1.2 per cent, or 18p, at 1582.5p), will join the 会社／堅い as a 非，不，無-(n)役員／(a)執行力のある director at the start of next month.

在庫／株 Watch - 接近 知能

接近 知能, a public relations and communication ソフトウェア group, 急落（する），激減（する）d to a ten-month low after 警告 of the ‘厳しい’ 衝撃 of Covid-19 on its South-East Asian markets.

The 攻撃する，衝突する in the 地域 lasted longer than 推定する／予想するd, 特に in its 重要な markets of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, with the 状況／情勢 悪化させるd by the 出現 of Omicron.

Its 業績／成果 will be 攻撃する，衝突する in both 2022 and 2023. 株 fell 23.6 per cent, or 36p, to 116.5p.??

The buzz around 引き継ぎ／買収s looks 始める，決める to continue across 2022, with 分析家s at Peel 追跡（する） 予報するing 合併 and 取得／買収 activity の中で UK companies was ‘likely to 増加する’ as factors such as 不確定, 株主 activism and インフレーション created buying 適切な時期s. 肯定的な 仲買人 査定／評価s were also helping 押し進める the FTSE 100 higher.

保険会社 海軍大将 Group 追加するd 4.2 per cent, or 130p, to 3241p after it received an 昇格 to ‘持つ／拘留する’ from ‘減ずる by 分析家s at HSBC, who also raised their 的 price on the 在庫／株 to 3150p from 3050p.?

Chilean 巡査 鉱夫 Antofagasta was also on the up, climbing 4.2 per cent, or 57.5p, to 1436.5p as UBS 昇格d the 在庫／株 to ‘中立の’ from ‘sell’ and 引き上げ（る）d their 的 to 1400p from 1300p.?

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey also jumped 4.2 per cent, or 6.45p, to 160.4p に引き続いて a 肯定的な 貿易（する）ing update.

爆撃する and BP bobbed higher after they were selected to build new windfarms off the coast of Scotland.?

爆撃する 株 were up 1.3 per cent, or 22.8p, at 1845.4p while BP rose 1.3 per cent, or 5.05p, to 393.75p. Another 勝利者, energy 会社／堅い SSE, 追加するd 0.4 per cent, or 6.5p, to 1583p.

Oil 会社／堅いs got a 解除する after 分析家s at SEB 研究 予報するd 天然のまま prices could 攻撃する，衝突する $100 a バーレル／樽 as 需要・要求する 回復するd from the 出現 of the Omicron variant and 供給（する） remained tight. 天然のまま stands at around $86.?

An 予期しない 削減（する） to 利益／興味 率s by the Chinese central bank also helped to 上げる the market’s mood.

どこかよそで, cybersecurity group and 株式市場 darling Darktrace 宙返り／暴落するd 7.1 per cent, or 31.4p, to 413.2pp に引き続いて a broadside from short-販売人 Shadowfall.

The 基金, 愛称d the ‘dark 破壊者’ in the City, criticised the FTSE 250 会社／堅い ’s 商売／仕事 as 存在 ‘watery thin’ having 明らかにする／漏らすd a bet against the company 支援する in October.

投資 経営者／支配人 Ashmore dropped 1.1 per cent, or 3.2p, to 286.2p after it flagged ‘challenging market 条件s’ as インフレーション, Covid-19 variants and 女性 growth in 中国 重さを計るd on its 大臣の地位.

The value of its 資産s under 管理／経営 stood at £64billion at the end of December, 負かす／撃墜する from £67billion at the end of September.

Blue-半導体素子 pharma 会社／堅い Hikma climbed 0.6 per cent, or 13p, to 2069p after it snapped up the Canadian 商売／仕事 of 破産者／倒産した US 会社／堅い Teligent for £33.5million.

The 購入（する）, which is 推定する／予想するd to 完全にする in the first ４半期/4分の1 of 2022, 示すs an 拡大 of Hikma’s 商売／仕事 into Canada and 含むs a 大臣の地位 of 25 injectable 薬／医学s.

The FTSE 250, 一方／合間, rose 0.6 per cent, or 128.29 points, to 22,871.64.

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