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Your support makes all the difference.GROWING EXPECTATIONS that the Monetary Policy Committee will feel obliged to cut interest rates by half a percentage point, or perhaps even a full point, boosted shares. Strong overseas markets were another factor. Footsie jumped 119 points (after 141) to 5,622.9 and supporting shares made headway.
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