Updates from Home Retail Group and ABF

A +0.78% bump for the FTSE 100 yesterday: the index rose 53 points to 6,819. Anglo American was Wednesday's biggest riser, up +5.54% to 1332.50p with Burberry Group behind, climbing +4.63% to 1537p. But investors were less impressed with Hargreaves Lansdown, tumbling -4.11% to 1446p.

The Dow Jones ended the day up 108 points at 16,481. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%