International Power dips as GDF Suez denies talks

Doubts about whether France's GDF Suez wanted to reopen talks about a link-up with International Power seem to have been confirmed. The French group has said there are no talks in progress and no change to the previous situation, which is that discussions ended in January. International Power, up earlier, is now down 2.6p at 318p. Overall the FTSE 100 has maintained its positive trend, thanks to an opening rise on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped nearly 150 points to climb back above the key 10,000 level it breached last night, powered by talk of a bailout for Greece at Thursday's EU meeting. Helped by this, the FTSE is now up 37.31 points at 5129. 64.