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Shares opened on a firm note and top
names improved steadily while bid talk
provided a number of features. Gilts
rallied from a weak start to end 12p up
Dollar-earning prospects again lifted
internationals as sterling weakened
further.ICI, Jaguar and others advanced
Stores also found strong institutional
buying with GUS finishing 30p better
while computers leaped higher after a
report on home sales, Acorn adding 21p.
Bid terms put 18p on Coats patons and
40p on Auto Products. Westland tumbled
42p on hearing the revised rescue terms
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