The FTSE 100 index fell 5.63 points, 0.1%, at 8,832.28. The FTSE 250 ended up 128.63 points, 0.6%, at 21,285.91, and the AIM All-Share climbed 7.01 points, 0.9%, at 763.89.

According to UCL's Colin Hopper and Aashvi Joshi, Steriwave "rapidly and safely" decolonised the nose of fungal pathogens in vitro. The researchers said this represents a "major advance" in infection ...