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By Chris Dorrell London’s FTSE indexes moved higher in a busy morning of corporate results with major risers and fallers at both ends of the blue-chip index. The FTSE 100 climbed 0.26 per cent to hit 7,645.11 while the midcap FTSE 250 index rose 0.30 per cent to 19,069.82. Despite trading higher, both indexes were some way off eclipsing yesterday’s sell-off. Consumer healthcare giant Haleon jumped to the top spot on the FTSE 100, with its shares rising over eight per cent. The firm reported a healthy 10.3 per cent increase in adjusted operating profit and proposed a dividend payout of 35 per c…

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