Updates from Sainsbury's and Berkeley Group

A lift for the FTSE 100 yesterday, climbing almost 41 points to 6,568.3. Sports Direct was the Board's biggest riser, up +4.06% to 858.50p while Persimmon also rose strongly, up +3.66% to 1361p. Diageo however saw sales slide 2.25% to 1780p.

The Dow Jones climbed 1.13% to 16,247 on Monday, buoyed by better factory output figures. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%