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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: US GDP much lower than expected; FTSE closes at 7832; Wall Street starts strong

A bumper session of blue-chip results today features first quarter figures from Barclays, Unilever, AstraZeneca, London Stock Exchange and Taylor Wimpey.

Others in the spotlight include supermarket Sainsbury’s, which has reported a 5% fall in annual underlying profits to £690 million.

The updates come with London’s FTSE 100 index struggling for momentum and oil prices on a downward path as fears grow over the weakening economic outlook.

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