Vodafone Up 7% on Earnings, Boosts Mobile-Phone Stocks
Vodafone
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, the London-based mobile-phone company, was up 7.4% in midmorning after it posted strong first-half profits and helped Britain's
FTSE 100
index to a gain of more than 100 points Tuesday.
Vodafone was also boosting other mobile-phone stocks traded in the U.S.
Nokia
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was up 4.5%,
Ericsson
(ERICY)
was up 3.8% and
Motorola
(MOT)
was up 4.9%.
