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Stock prices in London were higher on Wednesday afternoon, taking confidence from a more favourable than expected UK inflation reading, which supported shares in housebuilders.
The FTSE 100 index.
Equities in London are called to open lower on Wednesday, after a morale-boosting UK inflation reading.
The mood in equities was soured by Tuesday s hotter-than-expected US consumer price index.