Auto Trader accelerates as FTSE reaches 20-month high
The blue chip benchmark finished 0.6% higher at 7,384.18 points on Thursday, a 20-month high, amid relief that Chinese property developer Evergrande has avoided defaulting on its debts.Disappointing UK GDP data, combined with last week's surprise decision by the Bank of England to delay a rate rise, drove sterling lower and the international FTSE 100 higher, as a weak pound means constituents' ove