BRITAIN'S blue-chip firms lost over 1pc of their value in the wake of the Bank of England's surprise decision to increase interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75pc.
The FTSE 100 index dropped from just over 5900 at 12pm today before steadying at around 5840 later in the afternoon. The Bank of England said that it raised rates in a bid to keep inflation in c...
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