Average weekly earnings before bonuses were up 5.1 per cent year-on-year in the three months to the end of July, in-line with expectations, while the unemployment rate eased to a 2024 low of 4.1 per cent, fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows.
The FTSE 100 is down 0.4 per cent in early trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Abrdn, Centamin, Schroders, Wickes, Serica Energy and IQE. Read the Tuesday 10 September Business Live blog below.
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