Updates from Greene King and Balfour Beatty

Adrian Holliday
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The FTSE 100 climbed 13.4 points to 6,816.3 on Wednesday. Standard Chartered was the biggest climber, up 2.43% to 1222p while Ashtead Group also climbed, up 2.24% to 914.50p. Primark owner ABF rose 2.14% to 3097p. Royal Mail, on the other hand, came under more pressure, down 2.46% to 479.10p.

The Dow Jones climbed 20.1 points to 16,976.2, helped by more jobs optimism. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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