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Fretful Friday for Footsie
All but two of the top-share index's constituents were in the red
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Standard Life PLC
LON:SL.
Standard Life merged with Aberdeen Asset Management in 2017 to become Standard Life Aberdeen PLC. In 2021 the group changed its name to Abrdn .
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It’ll soon be time for summer holidays, but first City brokers handed out a upgrades in the travel and leisure sector.
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It’ll soon be time for summer holidays, but first City brokers handed out a upgrades in the travel and leisure sector.