Tuesday, July 31, 2007

FTSE 100 Index Climbs; GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, BHP Billiton Increase

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks rose for the first time
in six sessions. GlaxoSmithKline Plc climbed the most in more
than two years after a panel of U.S. doctors voted to keep the
company's diabetes pill Avandia on the market.

Lloyds TSB Group Plc had its biggest gain since October after
the lender reported first-half profit that topped analysts' estimates
and increased its dividend for the first time in five years.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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