Pearson, IAG, Carnival and Imperial Brands all warn on results FTSE 100 advances strongly, as sterling slips further amid Brexit mire Hawkish German ECB policymaker walks out, highlighting tensions over central bank policy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The Green Taliban will sweep away our liberal order unless we get a grip on climate change Sign-up for Ben Marlow’s brilliant new lunchtime newsletter City Intelligence 6:24PM Correction Apologies — the closing figure I gave for the FTSE 100 was incorrect: it did not close at an eight-week high. The headline and two last posts have been corrected to reflect this. I’m aware a similar problem occurred earlier this week — it appears to be an issue with my data feed, which I have now addressed. Sorry again for the error, and for any confusion caused. 5:34PM Wrap-up: Europe finds some relief as Wall Street suffers Time to wrap things up. London’s markets were strange to say the least today: it’s rare of late to see movements so distinctly driven by individual stories, and less by broader trends. Either way, conditions were ideal for the FTSE, which touched its highest level since the start of August but couldn’t quite hold the gains. There’s still quite a wall for the blue-chip…