Updates from Imperial Tobacco, United Utilities and Ocado

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A lift for the FTSE 100: it climbed +0.35% yesterday to 5,888 points. Weir Group was the best performer, up +2.82%, while Aviva was the Board's biggest dipper, down -3.33%, followed by Admiral Group, down -1.54%.

Asian markets today slipped back on mediocre Chinese manufacturing numbers; the Japanese Nikkei finished -1.40% down while the Hang Seng sank -0.70%.

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