Updates from Serco and AstraZeneca

Another leap for the FTSE 100 yesterday, climbing +1.2% to 6,243 after hitting a five-month low of 6,029 at the start of the week. Advertising agency WPP was the biggest riser of the day, up +4.5% while RBS endured the biggest sell-off, down -1.6%.

Across the water the Dow Jones broke past the 15,000 barrier again, up 0.77%, while overnight the Nikkei 225 surged +3.44%. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%