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* FTSE 100 up 0.14%, FTSE 250 off 0.1%
April 14 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 edged higher on
Wednesday helped by gains in heavyweight mining and oil stocks
and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) shares, while Tesco slipped to the bottom of the
index after reporting a 20% drop in full-year pretax profit.
The blue-chip index .FTSE rose 0.1% with drugmaker
AstraZeneca Plc AZN.L adding 1.5% after China's health
regulator approved Tagrisso, its lung cancer treatment, as
adjuvant treatment for patients with early-stage lung cancer.
Miners rose, with Glencore Plc GLEN.L adding 1.7% after
Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral".
Oil and gas stocks .FTNMX601010 rose 0.1% on tracking
higher crude prices. O/R
However, gains were capped by Britain's biggest retailer
Tesco TSCO.L which tumbled 4.1% as the cost of adapting the
business for a pandemic wiped out its "exceptionally strong"
sales. The domestically focussed mid-cap FTSE 250 index .FTMC
traded 0.1%.