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- The FTSE 100 slips amid a drag from oil majors BP and Shell on lower crude prices and a fall for HSBC after a broker downgrade.
- Packaging company DS Smith is rising after confirmed talks on a possible takeover offer from US group International Paper, setting up a bidding battle for the company.
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That’s all from us at Markets Today for this afternoon.
Join us tomorrow when we’ll be taking you through fourth quarterly GDP data, earnings from JD Sports, and observations as the first quarter of 2024 draws to a close.