Updates from Unilever, BAT and Croda

Adrian Holliday
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A small bump for the FTSE 100: the index climbed almost 26 points yesterday to 6,431, up 0.40%. Decent sales numbers from Standard Life hauled it +8.00% ahead while Centrica saw the biggest fall, down -4.12%.

Overnight, a hike in oil prices energised some Asian stocks with the Nikkei 225 rising +0.82% to 13,956 and the Hang Seng climbing +1.08% to 22,422. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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