The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are HSBC, BAE Systems, Rio Tinto, Heathrow, and Tate & Lyle. Read the Wednesday 21 February Business Live blog below.
Britain recorded its biggest monthly budget surplus since 1993 in January at £16.7billion as tax receipts soared to £111.4 billion for the month, fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows.
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BUSINESS LIVE: Bumper January budget surplus; HSBC profits hit $30.3bn; BAE Systems earnings jump
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