The FTSE 100 maintained positive ground in morning trading today despite BP falling 2.8% as it revealed it had booked a further $5.2bn charge in Q2 for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By 11am, the UK's blue-chip index was up by 0.2% to 6,721 points, led by BT Group, which rose by 4.9% to 406.45p after regulator Ofcom said its Openreach business did not need to be split off from ...
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