Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Aviva, Balfour Beatty, Flutter Entertainment and Hammerson.
The UK inflation rate increased to 2.2 per cent last month, largely due to gas and electricity prices falling by less than they did a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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