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* FTSE 100 up 0.3%, FTSE 250 up 0.2%
* Oil majors boost main index
* Housebuilders down, poll shows price hit from no-deal
Brexit
Aug 21 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday as
oil majors tracked gains in crude prices, while cautious
investors awaited minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's July
rate-setting meeting for signs of further policy easing.
The main index .FTSE added 0.3%, boosted by Shell RDSa.L
and BP BP.L , as a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude
inventories pushed prices higher. The mid-cap FTSE 250 gained
0.2%% by 0707 GMT.
Persimmon PSN.L and other blue-chip housebuilders were
lower in early deals after a Reuters poll showed the country's
property market would be further damaged by a potential no-deal
Brexit, with average prices slipping about 3% nationally in the
ensuing six months.