A positive outlook on the corporate sector overshadowed concerns about geopolitics and inflation that helped the FTSE 100 record modest gains in Thursday's trading.
FTSE 100 oscillated between 8,120.20 and 8,065.22 as compared with the previous day's closing level of 8,085.07.
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