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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
ARM tops FTSE 100 | City A.M.
The leading share index shrugged off its losses yesterday to jump 0.5 per cent in early deals, helped by strong corporate earnings updates.
Chip maker ARM Holdings topped the FTSE 100 leader board in early deals, rising almost 4.5 per cent. This morning it posted a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in fourth-quarter pre-tax profit.
“The fourth quarter of 2012 was the strongest we have ever seen from ARM, and that is against some pretty tough competition. Despite excellent progress throughout the year, ARM managed to exceed expectations in most areas of its business,” said Paul Morland at Peel Hunt this morning.
Oil giant BP was up almost 1.9 per cent in early deals. Investors were cheered by forecast-beating fourth quarter profits, although both fourth-quarter and full-year profits fell as it continued to count the cost of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.
Elsewhere, stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown rose 2.74 per cent and telecoms firm BT was up 1.5 per...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: ARM tops FTSE 100 | City A.M.
The leading share index shrugged off its losses yesterday to jump 0.5 per cent in early deals, helped by strong corporate earnings updates.
Chip maker ARM Holdings topped the FTSE 100 leader board in early deals, rising almost 4.5 per cent. This morning it posted a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in fourth-quarter pre-tax profit.
“The fourth quarter of 2012 was the strongest we have ever seen from ARM, and that is against some pretty tough competition. Despite... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
