The FTSE 100 closed down 1.01 per cent or 75.93 points to 7,446.14 this afternoon. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Entain, B&M European Value Retail, WH Smith, Bloomsbury Publishing, John Lewis of Hungerford and Prudential. Read the Wednesday 31 May Business Live blog below.
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