The FTSE 100 made steady progress on Tuesday, boosted by a US- China trade extension and broadly as expected US inflation ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up 18.10 points, 0.2%, at 9,147.81. The FTSE 250 ended 46.80 points lower, 0.2%, at 21,842.69, while the AIM All-Share finished up 1.06 points, 0.1%, at 759.27.

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