FTSE 100 Live: Stocks gain; AI boom lifts UK economic growth

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It’s Wednesday morning and UK stocks are set to gain again after putting on 0.8 per cent on Tuesday, as pressure on tech stocks eased on both sides of the Atlantic.

UK economic growth sped up from 0.5 to 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of this year, the Office for National Statistics revealed this morning, as the AI boom lifted the country’s services sector.

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