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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans,Michael Hunter and Daniel O'Boyle

FTSE 100 Live 19 February: Blue-chips close at five-month high, Treasury sells more of NatWest, Currys bid war

The FTSE 100 briefly hit its highest mark since September today, and remains close to those levels, as it build slightly on Friday’s huge gains.

The £700 million takeover pursuit of Currys is in focus today after the electricals chain turned down an approach by US activist investor Elliott.

Traders are also looking ahead to a busy week of corporate results, with Barclays, Rolls-Royce and US-listed Nvidia among those reporting.

Moneysupermarket today revealed record annual revenues of £432 million, despite no material contribution from the energy switching market.

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