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BP pulls FTSE 100 higher, slide in Aveva caps gains

Published 27/04/2021, 08:20
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* FTSE 100 up 0.1%, FTSE 250 off 0.3%

April 27 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 edged higher on
Tuesday, boosted by BP after upbeat earnings update, although
the gains were capped by a slump in shares of Aveva Group
following its CEO's exit.
The blue-chip index .FTSE rose 0.1%, with oil major BP Plc
BP.L gaining 2.8% as its first-quarter profit more than
tripled from a year earlier to $2.6 billion.
Its peer Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L also climbed ahead of
its results on April 29. O/R
The domestically focussed mid-cap FTSE 250 index .FTMC
fell 0.3%.
Aveva Group AVV.L fell 4.1% to the bottom of the index
after its Chief Executive Officer Craig Hayman decided to quit.

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