An extra 25,000 copies of the The Sun were sold in June, up 0.81% from June 2007, when its ABC stood at 3.064 million, while the FT posted a year-on-year circulation rise of just 0.22% to 445,000 copies.
The Sun's circulation rise marks the fifth consecutive month the paper has generated a year-on-year rise, and brings its six-monthly average circulation figure to 3.1 million.
Every other national title's circulation has fallen in the past 12 months, with Scottish titles The Herald and The Scotsman suffering the worst falls of 7.6% and 9.8% respectively and red-top the Daily Star falling 7.8% to 733,000 copies in June.
Among the quality dailies, The Independent's circulation fared least badly, falling just 1.8% to 233,000 copies year on year, followed by the Daily Telegraph at 865,000 copies, a year-on-year fall of 2.9%, and The Times which fell 3.5% to 611,000 in June.
The mid-market papers shared a similar trend, both falling just over 3%. The Daily Mail achieved a circulation of 2.2 million in June, down 3.1%, while The Daily Express secured 742,000, down 3.64% year on year.
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