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The top share index is struggling to haul itself into positive territory having fallen back in early dealings.Spirits brands owner Diageo is set to acquire SABMiller's stake in a Kenyan brewery firm for around £140m. Through its subsidiary East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Diageo - famous for its brands Smirnoff and Guinness - will buy a 20% stake from SABMiller's African subsidiary in Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) for a cash consideration of 19.53bn Kenyan shillings.Budget airline easyJet saw a sharp rise in the number its passengers flew in May from the same period the previous year as travellers continued to splash out on cheap flights. It flew 4.74m passengers during the month, up from 4.26m in the same month the previous year.Media buyer and market research group Aegis moves ahead after it confirmed speculation that it is in talks with the research think tank Ipsos about a "potential transaction" of Aegis's market research business Synovate. A Sunday Telegraph report said that Aegis is in talks to sell Synovate to Ipsos in a deal that could be worth £500m.Online Smartphone retailer EXPANSYS falls back after saying it expects to report a smaller pre-tax profit than previously anticipated for the year to 30 April amid tough trading in Britain. It expects pre-tax profits for the period to come in at £3.4m, compared to a loss of £200,000 the previous year. Shares in Image Scan jumped after the security scanner group said it won £405,000 of contracts since releasing its interim results last month.Shares in Sound Oil gushed ahead after it reported that a completion operation at its Marciano-1ST Well in southern Italy had begun. Sound will perforate two potential gas-bearing zones at the well. Work is expected to take two days to complete, it said. FTSE 100 - RisersGlencore International (GLEN) 518.40p +2.65%IMI (IMI) 1,041.00p +1.96%Essar Energy (ESSR) 439.30p +1.57%Capita Group (CPI) 742.50p +1.16%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 3,424.00p +1.00%Cairn Energy (CNE) 428.60p +0.85%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,553.00p +0.84%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,273.00p +0.79%Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,219.00p +0.74%Shire Plc (SHP) 1,891.00p +0.69%FTSE 100 - FallersLloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 47.57p -2.39%Carnival (CCL) 2,328.00p -1.90%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 232.40p -1.82%Wolseley (WOS) 1,927.00p -1.38%Barclays (BARC) 262.35p -1.19%WPP (WPP) 731.00p -1.08%Vodafone Group (VOD) 162.25p -1.01%Severn Trent (SVT) 1,465.00p -1.01%Xstrata (XTA) 1,351.00p -0.92%Kingfisher (KGF) 277.70p -0.89%FTSE 250 - RisersAegis Group (AGS) 150.40p +6.52%Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY) 101.60p +2.68%Kenmare Resources (KMR) 46.98p +2.58%Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CW.) 54.85p +2.52%Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) 365.60p +2.44%Mitie Group (MTO) 234.10p +2.36%Dixons Retail (DXNS) 19.01p +1.93%Soco International (SIA) 389.10p +1.89%BTG (BGC) 279.60p +1.82%London & Stamford Property Ltd. (LSP) 138.70p +1.61%FTSE 250 - FallersHochschild Mining (HOC) 503.00p -7.96%Sports Direct International (SPD) 220.00p -4.35%Supergroup (SGP) 992.00p -4.34%JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 966.00p -3.88%Pace (PIC) 111.50p -3.04%Ashtead Group (AHT) 169.70p -3.03%Unite Group (UTG) 214.30p -2.99%RPS Group (RPS) 236.40p -2.68%SIG (SHI) 144.90p -2.29%Betfair Group (BET) 797.00p -2.21%