FTSE 100 heads for best weekly performance in nine months.

London's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 jumped along with its European counterparts on strong French manufacturing data, while a sharp rise for AstraZeneca after a 2019 forecast upgrade and a slide in sterling amid Brexit woes also lent support. The blue-chip index.FTSE climbed 0.9 percent to a near one-month high, taking home gains for the fourth consecutive session and outshining the European...