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March 29 (Reuters) - UK shares edged higher on Monday as
market participants cheered the easing of more lockdown
measures, with consumer stocks among the best performers while
energy stocks tracked a fall in oil prices.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 0.1%, with
consumer staples stocks including Diageo Plc DGE.L , Unilever
Plc ULVR.L and British American Tobacco BATS.L rising
between 0.7% and 1.4%.
Oil heavyweights BP BP.L and Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L
were among the biggest drags, as oil prices slumped more than
2%. O/R
Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons to be cautious as
a stay-at-home order and some other lockdown measures ended,
citing rising cases in other parts of Europe and the threat
posed by new variants of the virus. The domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index .FTMC
climbed 0.1%, led by real estate stocks.
Online car seller Cazoo Holdings Ltd said it had agreed to
go public in New York through a merger with AJAX I Acquisition
Corp AJAX.N , a blank-check acquisition company led by
billionaire U.S. investor Dan Och. Food delivery company Deliveroo has seen investor demand for
its initial public offering exceed the full deal size, setting
the stage for London's biggest IPO in a decade.