BUSINESS CLOSE: Inflation rate slows to 1.7%; Whitbread eyes £300m profit boost; Just Eat hit by North America slump
By Live Commentary Updated: 12:34 EDT, 16 October 2024 The FTSE 100 closed up 79.79 points at 8329.07. Consumer price inflation eased more quickly than expected in September, falling from 2.2 to 1.7 per cent, data from the Office for National Statistics …