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FTSE 100 Live: AstraZeneca drags while Computacenter soars, US AI stocks gain
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Proactive Investors - Finance
Published: Jul 09, 2026, 04:12 PM
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AstraZeneca dragged the FTSE 100 lower on Thursday, while Computacenter soared and US AI stocks gained.
The blue-chip index was down 0.2% at 8,113.26.
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca fell 2.7% after it announced it had agreed to buy US biotech firm Amgen for $41.5bn.
Computacenter jumped 11% after the IT infrastructure company raised its profit forecast for the second time this year.
US AI stocks gained ground, with Nvidia up 3.5% and Microsoft up 2.1%.
The FTSE 250 was up 0.3% at 20,889.70.
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