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

FTSE 100 Live 31 May: EU inflation picks back up, house prices rise, index climbs

The taxpayer’s NatWest stake is this morning down to 22.5% after the banking group bought back Government shares worth £1.2 billion.

Nationwide is also in focus today after the competition watchdog announced an inquiry into the takeover of Virgin Money.

Meanwhile, the building society’s latest house market survey has revealed average prices rose 0.4% in May.

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