The FTSE 100 notched a record closing high today, edging up 0.1% to 9,177.24, as investors balanced stronger-than-expected UK growth data against a surprise rise in US producer price inflation.
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Aviva’s share price climbed 3.6% on Thursday, reaching its highest level since December 2007, after the FTSE 100 insurer reported robust first-half results and confirmed solid progress integrating Direct Line.