The FTSE 100 closed higher on Friday, as investors digested a mixed US jobs report, which has raised expectations that the US Federal Reserve will hold rates steady at its next meeting.
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The acquisition will likely make Octopus the second-largest home energy supplier in Britain with around 6.5 million customers, second only to Centrica's British Gas which has around 7.5 million retail customers, as per Reuters.