
London open: Stocks nudge up; UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in January
At 0820 GMT, the FTSE was up 0.1% at 8,551.30. Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "The FTSE 100’s opened up a touch this morning after a rebound in Asian stocks overnight. They were buoyed by hopes that the US …