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Equities across the globe cheered the move with the UK's FTSE 100 index advancing 0.2 per cent, Germany's DAX rising 1.1 per cent and France's CAC 40 index climbing 1.2 per cent.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe, covering 49 markets, dipped 0.3 per cent to its lowest since September 5, after shedding 0.83 per cent in the previous session.

The longest-serving CEO on the FTSE 100 blue chip index, Martin Sorrell built WPP into one of Britain's biggest companies

The British capital's FTSE 100 index turned flat heading into midday, wiping out initial gains, while the pound edged lower against the dollar with voting underway.

Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index fell 0.1 percent after hitting a new record high in the previous day. However, it was on track for its fifth straight week of gains.

In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 0.9% at 10,384 while the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.2% lower at 6,832.

Britain's top stock market index struck a record high amid hopes that many of its constituent companies will benefit from the pound's slide in currency markets.

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise agreed to sell its software business to Micro Focus in a $8.8-billion deal that shrinks the Silicon Valley pioneer again while catapulting the little-known British firm into the top tier of European tech companies.

World shares closed in on one-year highs on Tuesday as the prospect of prolonged cheap borrowing costs and a recent rise in oil prices set off a new emerging market bull run.

Stocks slipped on Wednesday while the dollar continued to claw back last week's losses as investors grappled with the prospect of a US interest rate increase in the months ahead coming amid continued uncertainty about the strength of the global economy.

European shares rose on Thursday, rebounding from a drop in the previous session, helped by well-received corporate updates from the likes of Belgium's KBC and Germany's Henkel.

Asian shares slipped after touching a near one-year peak on Friday and the yen strengthened as the Bank of Japan's fresh stimulus measures disappointed markets, although Japanese stocks recovered on higher purchases of exchange-traded funds.

Reassuring Chinese data lifted world stocks to an eight-month high on Friday though Europe ended an otherwise strong week subdued after an attack by a gunman at the wheel of a truck in the south of France killed at least 84 people.

Britain's FTSE 100 closed at its highest level since April on Wednesday, as a two-day rally recouped the losses it suffered after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Health, safety and even some traditional 'sin stocks' have already shown signs of weathering Brexit-related storms in European equity markets over the past week.

Equities across the globe cheered the move with the UK's FTSE 100 index advancing 0.2 per cent, Germany's DAX rising 1.1 per cent and France's CAC 40 index climbing 1.2 per cent.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe, covering 49 markets, dipped 0.3 per cent to its lowest since September 5, after shedding 0.83 per cent in the previous session.

The longest-serving CEO on the FTSE 100 blue chip index, Martin Sorrell built WPP into one of Britain's biggest companies

The British capital's FTSE 100 index turned flat heading into midday, wiping out initial gains, while the pound edged lower against the dollar with voting underway.

Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index fell 0.1 percent after hitting a new record high in the previous day. However, it was on track for its fifth straight week of gains.

In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 0.9% at 10,384 while the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.2% lower at 6,832.

Britain's top stock market index struck a record high amid hopes that many of its constituent companies will benefit from the pound's slide in currency markets.

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise agreed to sell its software business to Micro Focus in a $8.8-billion deal that shrinks the Silicon Valley pioneer again while catapulting the little-known British firm into the top tier of European tech companies.

World shares closed in on one-year highs on Tuesday as the prospect of prolonged cheap borrowing costs and a recent rise in oil prices set off a new emerging market bull run.

Stocks slipped on Wednesday while the dollar continued to claw back last week's losses as investors grappled with the prospect of a US interest rate increase in the months ahead coming amid continued uncertainty about the strength of the global economy.

European shares rose on Thursday, rebounding from a drop in the previous session, helped by well-received corporate updates from the likes of Belgium's KBC and Germany's Henkel.

Asian shares slipped after touching a near one-year peak on Friday and the yen strengthened as the Bank of Japan's fresh stimulus measures disappointed markets, although Japanese stocks recovered on higher purchases of exchange-traded funds.

Reassuring Chinese data lifted world stocks to an eight-month high on Friday though Europe ended an otherwise strong week subdued after an attack by a gunman at the wheel of a truck in the south of France killed at least 84 people.

Britain's FTSE 100 closed at its highest level since April on Wednesday, as a two-day rally recouped the losses it suffered after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Health, safety and even some traditional 'sin stocks' have already shown signs of weathering Brexit-related storms in European equity markets over the past week.