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

FTSE 100 Live 8 February: Index closes down 0.4%, S&P still near 5000 with $44bn added to Arm value

AstraZeneca, Unilever and British American Tobacco are part of a heavyweight line up of FTSE 100 companies in the results spotlight today.

The presentation by Unilever included an admission that its competitiveness had been “disappointing” as consumers shifted to non-branded goods.

Other companies reporting today included Rolex retail business Watches of Switzerland and the contract caterer Compass Group.

In the US, the S&P 500 is just a few points shy of the 5000 mark, with shares of Arm rocketing this morning.

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