Telcos and energy set to come under greater scrutiny regardless of UK election result

Aviva Investors' Balfour looks at UK equities

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UK equity indices continue to advance in 2017, as the valuation pull of firmer international stockmarkets outweighs the twin negative impulses of ongoing domestic political uncertainty and a firmer pound.

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