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Britain's FTSE 100 up nearly 1% with Labour favoured to win election

FTSE 100 up 0.9%, FTSE 250 adds 0.4%

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London close: Stocks rise as UK election enters final hours

(Sharecast News) - London stocks remained in the green by the close on Thursday, buoyed by optimistic market sentiment as UK voters headed to the polls amid widespread expectation of a Labour party victory.

TRADING UPDATES: itim signs contract; Tekmar renews banking facilities

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: London on the up as Labour predicted a majority

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were in the green at midday on Thursday, as Britons continue to turn out at polling stations to vote in the general election.

TOP NEWS: Barclays offloads German consumer finance business to Bawag

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Thursday agreed to sell its German consumer finance operation, Consumer Bank Europe, to a subsidiary of Vienna-based financial group Bawag Group AG as part of its strategic overhaul.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 gets boost as Brits head to polls

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London opened higher on Thursday, as Brits head to polling stations to vote in the general election.

Barclays to sell German consumer finance business to Bawag Group

(Sharecast News) - Barclays said on Thursday that it has agreed to sell its German consumer finance business to Austrian bank Bawag Group.

LONDON BRIEFING: Stocks called up as polls open for general election

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Thursday, as polls open for the UK general election.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Berenberg cuts Keywords Studios to 'hold'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday:

US judge's financial conflict leads to revived lawsuit against big banks

NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court threw out the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of overcharging investors by billions of dollars of corporate bonds, saying the trial judge should have been recused because his wife owned stock in one of the banks.

US judge's financial conflict leads to revived lawsuit against big banks

NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court threw out the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of overcharging investors on corporate bonds, saying the trial judge should have been recused because his wife owned stock in one of the banks.

China's BYD posts 21% jump in quarterly EV sales, closes gap with Tesla

BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - China's BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world's top EV vendor title to the U.S. rival in the first quarter.

UK banking customers hit by pay day IT glitches

(Sharecast News) - A raft of UK banking customers were hit with payment delays on Friday, after a number of high street lenders suffered IT glitches.

Ten big banks settle US interest rate swaps rigging litigation

NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - Ten large banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will pay $46 million to settle a long-running antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to rig the now $465.9 trillion market for interest rate swaps.

Bank of England highlights private equity vulnerabilities

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - Risk management in the private equity sector needs improving, the Bank of England said on Thursday, particularly as the period of low interest rates ends and leads to higher financing costs for risky debt in a highly leveraged industry.