Shares end the week on an upbeat note.
The FTSE-100 Index rose 45.30 to 5633.70. Shares ended the week on a upbeat note with top line issues helping the Footsie put in its best overall weekly performance in 9 months. Technical buying and interest rate cut hopes globally, provided much of the impetus. Thursday's decision by the ECB not to cut rates in Euroland was seen by markets as simply delaying the inevitable, given the downbeat economic noises now coming out of Germany. Factor in another rate cut in the States sooner rather than later and the prognosis suddenly looks brighter again.