London open: Stocks rise as StanChart, Smurfit rally - Sharecast.com

At 0930 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 8,165.74 .
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds at Hargreaves Lansdown , said: "The US Federal Reserve met yesterday and held US rates steady. The move was widely expected after recent economic data s
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