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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: FTSE closes at 7764; Ryanair orders $40bn worth of aircraft; house prices down

The FTSE 100 is down slightly this morning, after strong trading so far today in Asia, despite a slowdown in Chinese export growth.

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: ‘’Investors are treading carefully ahead of the key US inflation report out tomorrow as economic data becomes king while markets assess what is next for interest rates.”

Halifax also released its latest House Price Index, showing a dip in prices in April after three consecutive months of recovery.

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