** Shares in ad firm WPP up as much as 4.1% at 903p
** Shares at highest level since May 2023, stock top pct gainer on FTSE 100 index
** Wall Street Journal reports ad firms Omnicom and Interpublic Group near merger
** Analysts at JP Morgan say merger could improve market structure and reduce competition for peers including WPP
** A deal may be subject to regulatory concessions and enforced disposals in some channels and geographies which would create opportunities for WPP - JPM adds
** The merger, if successful, will however topple WPP as the world's largest ad agency, according to WSJ
** WPP up ~18% so far this year
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)
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