BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation slows to 4.6%; Experian profits jump; SSE boosts infrastructure investment

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Consumer price inflation slowed to 4.6 percent in the year to October, down from forecasts of 4.8 percent and down from 6.7 percent in September, new data from the Office for National Statistics shows.

The FTSE 100 is 0.8 percent higher in afternoon trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Experian, SSE, Reckitt, Fuller, Smith & Turner and Capita. Read the Business Live blog from Wednesday, November 15 below.

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