FTSE CLOSE: Footsie climbs to eight-week high as 信用／信任 is 上げるd by encouraging UK economy 調印するs

By This Is Money Reporters

Updated: 17:20 BST, 29 April 2014

17.10 (の近くに): Another （製品，工事材料の）一回分 of decent 貿易（する）ing updates helped European markets make 前進 today as the FTSE 100 索引 climbed to an eight-week high.

信用／信任 in London was also 上げるd by more encouraging 調印するs from the UK economy after the Office for 国家の 統計（学）' first 見積（る） for GDP in the 開始 three months of the year （機の）カム in at 0.8 per cent.

This was in line with 最近の 傾向s and whilst わずかに below City 期待s the 続けざまに猛撃する clung to 最近の 伸び（る）s to stand わずかに higher against the US dollar at 1.68 and up by half a パーセント versus the euro at nearly 1.22.

在庫／株s up: Some 上昇傾向 法人組織の／企業の news ブイ，浮標d 在庫／株s in both London and New York today

The FTSE 100 索引 finished 69.7 points higher at 6769.9, while markets in Paris and Frankfurt were also up by a 類似の level.

The 最新の 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 肯定的な 貿易（する）ing updates 含むd 年次の results from Whitbread as the leisure group continued to 得る the 利益 of a strong 業績／成果 from coffee shop chain Costa.

The company, which also owns 首相 Inn, Brewers Fayre and Beefeater, rose 20p to 4081p after it said like-for-like sales at Costa 殺到するd 5.7 per cent in the UK, 主要な to a 16.5% jump in group 利益（をあげる）s to £411.8million.

BP, which has a 20 per cent 火刑／賭ける in Russia's Rosneft, rose 14.25p to 502.6p after first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s were 3.2 billion US dollars (£1.9billion), an 改良 of 15 per cent on the previous three months but 負かす／撃墜する 23 per cent on a year earlier.

The results met City 期待s and 含むd a second rise in the company's （株主への）配当 within six months. Ch ief (n)役員／(a)執行力のある （頭が）ひょいと動く Dudley said the 人物／姿／数字s 代表するd a "very solid start" to the year, にもかかわらず a 削減（する） in BP's 株 of 利益（をあげる）s from Rosneft by 75 per cent to 271million US dollars (£161.3million).

The ４半期/4分の1-on-４半期/4分の1 拒絶する／低下する was 非難するd on a slide in the value of the ルーブル 原因（となる）d by 圧力 on Russia's economy from the 危機 in the ウクライナ共和国.

The 製薬のs 部門 was again in the スポットライト まっただ中に 憶測 that Shire is in the 引き継ぎ／買収 sights of US healthcare company Allergan. The Basingstoke-based company spent much of the 開会／開廷／会期 at the 最高の，を越す of the risers board but later finished 23p lower at 3263p.

AstraZeneca, which 急に上がるd 14 per cent on Monday after Pfizer 確認するd its 利益／興味 in a 企て，努力，提案 for the UK company, slipped 34p to 4632.5p.

どこかよそで, Barclays 生き残るd an 初期の 攻撃する，衝突する seen after Deutsche Bank said first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s fell 34 per cent 予定 to 証拠不十分 in 社債 and foreign 交流 貿易（する）ing. The UK bank, which is 予定 to publish its own 人物／姿／数字s next week, 回復するd to finish 1.25p higher at 250.25p.

Outside the 最高の，を越す flight, outsourcing 会社／堅い Serco 低迷d 15 per cent in the FTSE 250 索引 after it 警告するd that it 推定する／予想するs a 構成要素 downward 改正 to 利益（をあげる） 予測（する）s.

With new boss Rupert Soames 予定 to start work on Thursday, the troubled company said it was in 会談 with 株主s over a 可能性のある City fundraising ーするために 強化する its balance sheet.

株 dived 60.7p to 343.8p, while FTSE 100 競争相手 G4S was off 2p at 236.9p.

The biggest FTSE 100 risers were 合法的な & General up 6.6p at 212.9p, Carnival ahead 73p at 2370p, Hargreaves Lansdown up 36p at 1187p and BG Group ahead 34.5p at 1180.5p.

The biggest fallers were Fresnillo 負かす／撃墜する 15p at 849.5p, Travis Perkins off 24p at 1720p, Johnson Matthey 負かす／撃墜する 36p at 3251p and G4S off 2p at 236.9p.

15.00: The Footsie held 近づく 開会／開廷／会期 highs in late afternoon as the 解除する from some 上昇傾向 法人組織の／企業の 貿易（する）ing updates and M&A 利益／興味 were 追加するd to by an 開始 前進する from US 在庫／株s.

With an hour and a half of 貿易（する）ing to go, the FTSE 100 索引 was up 47.0 points at 6,747.2, just 緩和 支援する from the afternoon 頂点（に達する） of 6,759.24 攻撃する，衝突する soon after the New York open.

In 早期に 貿易（する） on 塀で囲む Street, the Dow Jones 産業の 普通の／平均（する） was 86.7 points higher to 16,535.5 also helped by a （製品，工事材料の）一回分 of 肯定的な 収入s, 含むing from 麻薬 製造者 Merck and telecoms 運送／保菌者 Sprint.

Today’s US 経済的な data was mixed, with house prices nearly flat in February while 消費者 信用／信任 fell in April, but 投資家s’ attention was more 焦点（を合わせる）d on the first reading for US first ４半期/4分の1 GDP growth and the 結果 of the 最新の 連邦の Reserve 通貨の 政策 会合, both 予定 tomorrow.

UK first ４半期/4分の1 GDP 解放（する）d this morning showed growth of 0.8 per cent, わずかに slower than the 0.9 per cent market 合意 and the Bank of England’s 期待 of 1 per cent, while total 生産（高） still remains below pre-危機 頂点（に達する）.

ツバメ Beck, 上級の 経済的な 助言者 to the EY ITEM Club, said: ‘最近の 強健な 月毎の 指示する人（物）s had raised our 期待s for UK 経済成長 in Q1. But today’s GDP numbers, while impressive by historical 基準s, have left us a little deflated.

'But there is plenty of good news to take away from today’s numbers. The economy has now experienced five 連続した ４半期/4分の1s of growth and there is the 可能性のある for Q1’s growth to see an 上向き 改正. 一方／合間, the data points to a 回復 that is 幅の広い based ? Q1 saw 生産（高） in services, 産業 and construction all 拡大する in 超過 of 3 per cent on an 年次の basis.

’That said, the 危険s have not gone away. Given the continued 早い growth in house prices, その上の 拡大 in GDP could become 過度に 扶養家族 on the 住宅 market.

‘However we are 推定する／予想するing a long period of low インフレーション 拡大 which should keep 利益／興味 率s on 持つ／拘留する this year, supporting 世帯s’ incomes and spending. The pace of 拡大 should also give 会社／堅いs even more 信用／信任 to 投資する.

’So we are sticking to our 見解（をとる） that the economy will 拡大する by 2.9 per cent in 2014 as a whole, with GDP 追いつくing its pre-危機 頂点（に達する） in the next ４半期/4分の1. A 転換 from 経済的な 回復 to 拡大 shouldn’t be too long coming,’ Beck 追加するd.

12.45: A （製品，工事材料の）一回分 of 信用／信任-上げるing 貿易（する）ing updates and その上の 合併 activity ? both real and 思索的な ? helped the Footsie 押し進める up to seven week highs by lunchtime.

Around 中央の sess イオン, the FTSE 100 索引 was up 45.3 points at 6,745.5, not far from the morning 頂点（に達する） of 6,751.06.

感情 was also 上げるd by more encouraging 調印するs from the UK economy after the Office for 国家の 統計（学）' first 見積（る） for GDP in the 開始 three months of the year （機の）カム in at 0.8 per cent.

Pharma 押し進める: その上の M&A 憶測 in 麻薬 在庫／株s helped 運動 Footsie higher today, with Shire seen as the 最新の 的

This was in line with 最近の 傾向s and although わずかに below City 期待s 確実にするd the 続けざまに猛撃する clung to 最近の 伸び（る）s to stand 不変の against the US dollar and euro.

The 最新の 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 肯定的な 貿易（する）ing updates featured 年次の results from Whitbread as the leisure group continued to 得る the 利益 of a strong 業績／成果 from coffee shop chain Costa.

The company, which also owns 首相 Inn, Brewers Fayre and Beefeater, rose 1 per cent or 35.5p to 4,096.5p after it said like-for-like sales at Costa 殺到するd 5.7 per cent in the UK, 主要な to a 16.5 per cent jump in group 利益（をあげる）s to £411.8million.

Also on the up, oil major BP - which has a 20 per cent 火刑／賭ける in Russia's 許可／制裁-攻撃する，衝突する oil 会社／堅い Rosneft - rose 3.9p to 492.25p after its first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s met City 期待s and 含むd a second rise in the company's （株主への）配当 within six months.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある （頭が）ひょいと動く Dudley said the 人物／姿／数字s 代表するd a 'very solid start' to the year, にもかかわらず a 75 per cent 減少（する） in BP's 株 of 利益（をあげる）s from Rosneft which was 非難するd on a slide in the value of the ルーブル 原因（となる）d by 圧力 on Russia's economy from the 危機 in the ウクライナ共和国.

On the second line, wealth 経営者／支配人 St. James's Place 伸び（る）d 9.0p at 772.5p after 説 改善するd 信用／信任 の中で 小売 投資家s helped it see a strong start to 2014.

The biggest rise of the 開会／開廷／会期 was again 配達するd by the 製薬のs 部門, with Shire up 151p to 3,437p on 憶測 that the company is in the 引き継ぎ／買収 sights of US healthcare company Allergan.

マイク 先頭 Dulken of Accendo Markets said: ‘This would be a 復活 of an approach made recently and which （機の）カム to nothing after 会談 but shows the appetite for consolidation in the 部門, 顕著に for companies 位置を示すd in countries with lower 税金 where the newly 連合させるd （独立の）存在 can be headquartered.’

麻薬s peer AstraZeneca, which 急に上がるd 14 per cent yesterday after Pfizer 確認するd its 利益／興味 in a 企て，努力，提案 for the UK company ticked another 4.0p higher to 4,670.5p today supported by an 昇格 in 率ing from 仲買人 Credit Suisse to 中立の from und erperform.

Staying with M&A, 中央の cap chipmaker Wolfson Micro 急に上がるd 75 per cent higher, up 98.4p to 231.5p after agreeing to a £291million 引き継ぎ／買収 by US handset 製造者 Cirrus Logic, valuing each Wolfson 株 at 235p.

Wolfson, which has been under 圧力 since it 行方不明になるd out on a 取引，協定 to make 半導体素子s for the Samsung's S4 smartphone, also 報告（する）／憶測d a 40 per cent 減少（する） in first ４半期/4分の1 sales.

の中で the fallers, selected 採掘 株 were under 圧力 as 仲買人 HSBC 安全s downgraded its 率ing for the 部門 to 中立の from overweight on 関心s about Chinese growth, with Antofagasta off 7.5p at 780.0p.

‘鉱夫s 在庫／株s are already pricing in some 回復 in markets, and a 一面に覆う／毛布 buy on the major diversified 鉱夫s would 要求する something like a second half Chinese 刺激, which the market will not buy into without （疑いを）晴らす 証拠,’ HSBC’s 分析家s said in a 公式文書，認める.

どこかよそで, Barclays 株 were 1.2p lower at 247.8p after German peer Deutsche Bank 報告（する）／憶測d a 34 per cent 落ちる in first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s 予定 to 証拠不十分 in 社債 and foreign 交流 貿易（する）ing.

The UK bank is 予定 to publish its own 人物／姿／数字s next week.

And 中央の cap outsourcing 会社／堅い Serco 低迷d 20 per cent after it 警告するd that it 推定する／予想するs a 構成要素 downward 改正 to 利益（をあげる） 予測（する）s. With new boss Rupert Soames 予定 to start work on Thursday, the troubled company said it was in 会談 with 株主s over a 可能性のある City fundraising ーするために 強化する its balance sheet.

Serco 株 dived 82.1p to 321.5p, while FTSE 100 競争相手 G4S was off 0.8p at 238.1p.

09.15: The Footsie 延長するd its 伸び（る）s in 早期に morning 貿易（する） with Whitbread 株 主要な the way as the leisure group 得るd the 利益 of another strong 業績／成果 from coffee shop chain Costa.

After an hour and a ４半期/4分の1 of 貿易（する）ing, the FTSE 100 索引 was 22.5 points higher at 6,722.7, shrugging aside continued worries that the 危機 in ウクライナ共和国 will lead to more 許可／制裁s against Russia.

Whitbread's 業績／成果 helped perk up the 残り／休憩（する） of the London market. 株 in the company, which also owns 首相 Inn, Brewers Fayre and Beefeater rose 2 per cent or 80.5p to 4,141.5p after it said like-for-like sales at Costa 殺到するd 5.7 per cent in the UK, 主要な to a 16.5 per cent jump in group 利益（をあげる）s to £411.8million.

Strong coffee: Whitbread 報告（する）／憶測d a 5.7 % jump in like-for-like sales at Costa Coffee as group 利益（をあげる）s rose 16.5% to £411.8million

Richard Hunter, 長，率いる of 公正，普通株主権s at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers said: ‘投資家s have come to 推定する／予想する much of Whitbread and these numbers do not disappoint.

‘The twin drivers of growth remain on 十分な throttle in the form of Costa and 首相 Inns. Sales for both are 堅固に up, comfortably into 二塁打 digit 領土, as is underlying pre-税金 利益（をあげる）. 一方／合間, 逮捕する 負債 has 減ずるd and the （株主への）配当 支払い（額） 増加するd.

‘…を伴ってing 見通し comments are also 上昇傾向, 含むing 確定／確認 that the 以前 発表するd 2016 and 2018 growth milestones are both on 跡をつける,’ he 追加するd.

Oil 巨大（な） BP, which has a 20 per cent 火刑／賭ける in Russia's Rosneft, managed to 伸び（る） 4.5p to 493p after it 解除するd its （株主への）配当 for the second time in six months and 報告（する）／憶測d a small-than-推定する／予想するd 拒絶する／低下する in first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s.

競争相手 王室の Dutch 爆撃する, which 地位，任命するs 人物／姿／数字s on Thursday, was flat at 2,407.25p.

But on the downside, Barclays 株 were 3.1p lower a t 245.9p after German peer Deutsche Bank 報告（する）／憶測d a 34 per cent 落ちる in first ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s 予定 to 証拠不十分 in 社債 and foreign 交流 貿易（する）ing.

And outsourcing 会社／堅い Serco 低迷d 18 per cent on the FTSE 250 索引 after it 警告するd that it 推定する／予想するs a 構成要素 downward 改正 to 利益（をあげる） 予測（する）s.

With new boss Rupert Soames 予定 to start work on Thursday, the troubled company said it was also in 会談 with 株主s over a 可能性のある City fundraising ーするために 強化する its balance sheet. Serco 株 dived 71.1p to 333.5p.

08.30: The FTSE 100 has opened 49.7 points higher at 6,749.9 as 投資家s を待つ 経済成長 人物／姿／数字s for 早期に 2014.

The update 予定 at 9.30am is 推定する／予想するd to 確認する the UK economy is within a whisker of finally 回復するing its pre-後退，不況 size.

The 甚だしい／１２ダース 国内の 製品 人物／姿／数字s are also likely to show Britain notched up its fastest 経済成長 in nearly four years in the first three months of 2014.

UK 回復: Eco nomy is の近くに to its pre-後退，不況 size again

Michael Hewson of CMC Markets said: 'Later this morning we get the first 指示，表示する物s of how 井戸／弁護士席 the UK economy has fared in the first ４半期/4分の1 and unlike the US it looks like any 逆の 影響s from the unseasonably wet winter 天候 aren’t likely to be used an excuse for any underperformance on what is 推定する／予想するd to be a strong ４半期/4分の1.

'If anything the poor 業績／成果 of the 小売 部門, which has helped 運動 the 回復 over the past year, is likely to have held 支援する the economy this ４半期/4分の1, which makes me a little nervous that some of the 見積（る）s for today’s GDP number could be on the 楽観的な 味方する.

'小売 sales for the first ４半期/4分の1 have showed a 拒絶する／低下する of 0.3 per cent, with the 人物／姿／数字s for February and March unable to claw 支援する January’s poor 業績／成果. Amongst the 肯定的なs has been the 強健な 業績／成果 of both the construction and 製造業の 部門s.

The FTSE 100 の近くにd 14.47 points higher at 6,700.16 in the previous 開会／開廷／会期.

Brent 天然のまま held 安定した above $108 a バーレル／樽 after 地位，任命するing its biggest daily 落ちる in nearly a month on an 切迫した rise in Libyan 輸出（する）s, while 投資家s shrugged off more US 許可／制裁s on Russia.

在庫／株s to watch today 含む:

BP: The oil 会社／堅い 地位，任命するd 年４回の 利益（をあげる） わずかに above 予測（する）s and upped its （株主への）配当 for the second time in six months, in line with a 誓約（する） made earlier this year to 焦点（を合わせる） on returning more cash to 株主s.

WHITBREAD : The owner of 首相 Inn hotel and Costa Coffee chains 地位，任命するd a better-than-推定する／予想するd 16.5 per cent rise in 十分な-year 利益（をあげる） and said 貿易（する）ing in the first two months of its new year had started 井戸／弁護士席.

ST. JAMES'S PLACE: Wealth 経営者／支配人 St. James's Place said it had started the year 堅固に, taking in £1.2billion in new money, up 26 per cent on the year earlier.

BRITISH LAND COMPANY: The company said it sold two 小売 parks for £78million. Over the past 12 months, it has sold £386million of 小売 資産s.

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO: The company 推定する／予想するs 同意／服従 with new European 規則 on cigarettes to cost it £100-200million over the next two years as it 昇格s its machines to 会合，会う new 一括ing 支配するs.

SHIRE: Allergan Inc, 直面するing an unsolicited 企て，努力，提案 from Valeant 製薬のs International Inc, is 準備するing to approach Shire again with a 可能性のある 引き継ぎ／買収 申し込む／申し出 after 存在 rebuffed in 最近の months, people familiar with the 事柄 said on Monday.

BARCLAYS: Three US-based former Barclays 仲買人s will be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d by the Serious 詐欺 Office as part of its 調査（する） into the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 巧みな操作 of the Libor interbank 率, the 財政上の Times 報告（する）／憶測d.