StockMarketWire.com – The FTSE 100 hit a new record, closing 1% higher above the 7,600 mark on the penultimate trading day before the Christmas holidays. Oil colossus Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) agreed to buy energy supplier First Utility according to media reports, causing the shares to surge 1.5% …

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