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* FTSE 100 up 0.2%, FTSE 250 adds 0.1%
Oct 26 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 rose for a third straight session on Tuesday, boosted by consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser after it lifted it sales forecast, while Wall Street indexes scaling record highs overnight buoyed the global mood.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE rose 0.2% by 0707 GMT, after New York's S&P 500 .SPX notched a record high at the start of a heavy week of earnings from companies including big technology names. .N
Lysol cleaning products maker Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L jumped 4.4% to the top of FTSE 100 after it raised its full-year forecast as higher sales of cold and flu remedies and price hikes helped it beat analysts' estimates for third-quarter sales.
The domestically focussed mid-cap index .FTMC inched up 0.1%, with IT services and consulting firm Softcat Plc SCTS.L sliding 6% after reporting full-year earnings.
Premier Inn-owner Whitbread WTB.L climbed 2.8% after reporting a much smaller half-year loss as the travel sector rebounds from the pandemic, and stating it expected a full recovery by 2022.
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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