Article: High street duo lead gains amid services growth; MARKETREPORT.(Business)

Retail bellwethers Next and Marks & Spencer led strong gains on London's blue chip share index yesterday as economic and corporate news buoyed stocks.

Reassuring updates on trading from the two high street giants added to data showing growth in the all-important services sectors in the UK and United States.

TheFTSE100Indexclosedup 70.7 points at 5107.9, having surged about 80 points higher at one stage, asWall Street also responded well to the data. ...

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