Business news live: FTSE 100 reaction as HSBC and GSK announce latest profits and Microsoft shares jump

Here are the earlier headlines for you from yesterday to catch up on:

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Today we start with more high-profile FTSE 100 firms reporting their latest earnings, following US behemoths Microsoft and Meta doing the same last night.