FTSE LIVE: JD Sports races ahead; Bovis mulls housing merger; Pound holds above $1.23

FTSE CLOSE: Wages up the most in 11 years at 4%; JD Sports sales race ahead; Bovis and Galliford Try mull merger; pound above $1.23 Bovis Homes has rekindled talks over a merger with Galliford Try’s housing arm JD Sports revealed a 10% jump in like-for-like store sales in the UK and Ireland  By Emily … Read more