Footsie kicks aheadThe FTSE 100 Footise remained in fine fettle on Friday after the GfK figures showing an improvement in consumer confidence. Rolls-Royce (LON: ) sat top of the FTSE 100 risers, extending yesterday’s gains, when the engineer soared over 20%. Organic growth has continued with 7.5% like-for-like sales1 growth, within the organic revenue growth ambition of between 4% and 8%, the company said in a statement. The results came as the FTSE 100 listed airline agreed to EUR400mln to Spain's Globalia for the remaining 80% of airline Air Europa it does not already own. The early focus will be results British Airways owner, , and encouraging figures from GfK which showed a rebound in consumer confidence in February.
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