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Just Eat shares up as Hungryhouse deal moves closer FTSE 100 rises as pound hit by Barnier comments
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Shares in Just Eat jumped 5% after the online takeaway ordering firm's takeover bid for rival Hungryhouse was given provisional clearance. The pound fell back after the EU's chief negotiator said talks over Brexit were making little progress.
Michel Barnier said there was still "deadlock" over the so-called divorce bill, which he said was "disturbing".
Sterling dropped in reaction to the news, with the pound down 0.5% against the dollar at $1.3154. It also fell 0.5% against the euro to €1.1095.
Meanwhile, the benchmark FTSE 100 share index was up 24.66 points at 7.558.47 shortly after midday.
The index often benefits from a fall in sterling, as a weaker currency increases the value of companies' overseas earnings when they are brought back to the UK and converted back into pounds.
Sky was one of the biggest risers in the FTSE 100, up 1.7%, after the broadcaster reported a big rise in new customers.
Popular TV series such as Game of Thrones helped it to add 160,000 new customers in the first quarter of its financial year, up 51% on a year earlier.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Just Eat jumped 5% after the online takeaway ordering firm's takeover bid for rival Hungryhouse was given provisional clearance.
The Competition and Markets Authority said the tie-up was "unlikely to result in competition concerns".The Competition and Markets Authority said the tie-up was "unlikely to result in competition concerns".
It said the industry was "evolving rapidly", with companies such as Deliveroo, Ubereats and Amazon all now entering the market.It said the industry was "evolving rapidly", with companies such as Deliveroo, Ubereats and Amazon all now entering the market.
Just East was the biggest riser in the mid-cap FTSE 250 index.
The FTSE 250 was up 32.07 points at 20,199.85 while the benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 2.38 points to 7,536.19.
Shares in clothing retailer N Brown fell 2.9% following its latest results. Revenues for the half-year to 2 September rose 5.6% to £453.4m with underlying profits up 1.8% to £32.2m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.1% against the dollar to $1.3241 and was also 0.1% higher against the euro at €1.1164.