The FTSE 100 closed up 0.76 per cent or 57.85 points to 7,646.05 this afternoon. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are easyJet, Vistry, IDS, Fuller, Smith & Turner, SSE, Premier Foods, AJ Bell and Dunelm. Read the Thursday 20 July Business Live blog below.

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