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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans,Michael Hunter and Simon English

FTSE 100 Live 10 April: Shares near record high ahead of US inflation, Tesco profits up, THG sales dip

Tesco boss Ken Murphy today hailed the supermarket’s strong performance after reporting a 12.8% rise in annual operating profits to £2.8 billion.

Other companies in the results spotlight today include the beauty and nutrition business THG and the advertising firm M&C Saatchi.

Traders are also focused on the interest rates outlook ahead of today’s release of US inflation figures for March. The reading is expected to show a rise to 3.4%.

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