Updates from Utility Warehouse and Michael Page

Another modest boost for the FTSE 100 on Monday, climbing 55.9 points to 6,746.1. Sports Direct International shares saw the biggest forward spurt, up 3.58% to 723p, helped by news it was expanding Down Under. Petrofac and Johnson Matthey saw 3.19% and 2.83% gains respectively though easyJet was buffeted 1.74% down, to 1244p.

In the US, the Dow Jones picked up 111.6 points, vaulting back across the 17,000 threshold to 17,055.4 thanks in part to better earnings from Citigroup.