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LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:13am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday in a session where moves were likely to be muted given uncertainty over whether the U.S.
On a stage shaped like a yacht, Wanda's 59-year-old chairman Wang Jianlin was ably supported by a troop of dancers in glittering dresses as he underlined that a wave of Chinese money is about to hit the UK.
339�p +1�. Questor says BUY. Since Crest Nicholson rejoined the London market in February, shares in the company are up more than 50pc.
John Swinney announced an independent Scotland would have the same flat-rate pension of �144 per week planned by the UK but would increase it annually by the highest of earnings growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent.
LOCAL planners have approved plans to to build up to 277 wind turbines in an area of sea off the Caithness coast more than twice the size of Dundee.

Trends

GainersChange Mkt Cap
MCRO Micro Focus International plc 6.18% 1,026.31M
BKG The Berkeley Group Holdings plc 3.43% 2,931.48M
CEO Coastal Energy Company 2.93% 1,017.27M
RIO Rio Tinto plc 1.80% 52,878.70M
TCG Thomas Cook Group plc 1.59% 1,822.89M
LosersChange Mkt Cap
LRE Lancashire Holdings Limited -4.98% 1,224.20M
UU United Utilities Group PLC -4.06% 4,752.21M
CPBB Co-operative Bank plc -3.77% 4,182.00M
ECM Electrocomponents plc -3.59% 1,083.19M
SVT Severn Trent Plc -3.43% 4,071.39M
Excludes shares with mkt cap of less than �1,000M. Learn more