FTSE 100 pushes higher ahead of Fed chair speech

The FTSE 100 edged higher at midday on Friday as all eyes turned to US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's address at Jackson Hole later in the day.

The FTSE 100 index was up 35.67 points, or 0.5%,...

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