London's FTSE 250 was up 0.4% to 21,314.49 in afternoon trade on Thursday as investors digested rate announcements from the Fed and the ECB, and better-than-expected UK retail sales data. Aveva was the standout gainer after it said a strong performance by its heritage business fuelled a 6.8% rise in annual profit as the engineering and industrial software group targeted £25m of cost reductions from its merger with Schneider Electric. The company posted adjusted pre-tax profit for the combined ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...