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Blue chips in London closed up sharply on Thursday, after hitting a new record peak on commodity price strength and well received trading updates.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 63.57 points, 0.7%, at 9,578.57. It had earlier established a new best level of 9,594.82.
The FTSE 250 ended 131.62 points higher, 0.6%, at 22,361.41 and the AIM All-Share advanced 7.26 points, 1.0%, at 775.29.
Boosting London’s lead index, there were gains in commodity prices with oil and gold moving ahead strongly.
Oil majors Shell and BP climbed 2.9% and 3.7%, respectively, as Brent crude surged.
Brent oil traded at 65.75 US dollars a barrel, up from 62.61 dollars late on Wednesday.
The rise followed co-ordinated US-EU sanctions aimed at cutting off Russian oil revenues.
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