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CRH leads FTSE 100 higher Ryanair comments hit airline shares
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(Open): Shares in building supplies firm CRH jumped more than 5% after it agreed to buy assets from France's Lafarge and Switzerland's Holcim. (Noon): Shares in airlines were hit after Ryanair warned its profit growth next year was likely to be modest.
Ryanair shares fell more than 4% after the warning, despite it increasing its profit forecast for the current financial year.
Shares in rival airlines also fell, with Easyjet down nearly 5% and British Airways owner IAG dropping 2.1%.
Despite the falls, the FTSE 100 rose 15.56 points to 6,764.96, helped by oil firms as the price of crude rebounded.
Brent crude rose more than $2 to climb above $55 a barrel, while US crude climbed $1.50 to $49.74 a barrel.
Tullow Oil shares were the biggest risers on the FTSE 100, climbing 6.7%, while Royal Dutch Shell was up by more than 3%.
Shares in building supplies firm CRH jumped 5.7% after it agreed to buy assets from France's Lafarge and Switzerland's Holcim.
Lafarge and Holcim are planning to merge to create the world's largest cement maker. They were told to sell assets to meet regulators' concerns.Lafarge and Holcim are planning to merge to create the world's largest cement maker. They were told to sell assets to meet regulators' concerns.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 34.08 points to 6,783.48. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.32% against the dollar to $1.5018, and dropped 0.6% against the euro to €1.3268.
Easyjet shares fell 3.7% after rival Ryanair warned that profit growth next year would be modest.
That was despite Ryanair increasing its profit forecast for the current financial year to between €840m and €850m, compared with its previous estimate of between €810m and €830m. Shares in Ryanair fell 3% to 10.1 euros.
Other airline stocks were affected, with British Airways owner IAG down 1%.
On the currency markets, the pound slipped 0.15% against the dollar to $1.5044, and dropped 0.5% against the euro to €1.3275.