Financial, energy shares lift UK FTSE after budget boost

Britain's top share index was the sole major European index to trade higher on Wednesday as oil shares and financial companies drew a boost from changes announced as part of the UK government's new budget. Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown (LSE: HL.L - news) and wealth manager St James's Place rose 6.2 percent and 3.5 percent respectively after the British ...



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