FTSE 100 closes higher despite weak Wall Street
Thursday lunch brought no surprises from the ECB, with the European Central Bank making no changes to interest rates.
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CRH PLC
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CRH plc is a diversified building material company, which manufactures and distributes building material products from the fundamentals of heavy materials and elements to construct the frame, through exterior products that complete the building envelope, to distribution channels, which service construction fit-out and renewal.
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