London open: Stocks rally as investors mull retail sales, house prices - Sharecast.com

At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 1% at 8,293.97, having earlier risen above 8,300 for the first time.
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown , said: "The FTSE 100 has scaled fresh heights as buds of May hope unf
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