London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEG shares inched up 0.85% to £118.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.
The FTSE and the UK are in a terrible mess but the prospect of upside is good in the UK market because it is ripe for overseas raiders to pillage.
London's blue-chip FTSE 100 hit a record high on Monday for the second session in a row as investors awaited Donald Trump's return to the White House for fresh insights on his stance on tariffs and international relations.
London’s FTSE 100 beats record to hit all-time high in ‘surprising’ rally - London’s top index surpassed the previous record of 8,474.41 set in May last year.
The FTSE 100 index is seen moving closer to a record high after back-to-back sessions in which London’s top flight has risen 1%. Futures trading points to a rise of about 18 points to 8410, not far from May’s intraday high of 8474 and the closing peak of 8445.
Bitcoin has surged to a new high in the past couple of hours, with Ethereum and XRP also on the up, along with the #MELANIA meme-coin. BTC has climbed above $108K, a 3.6% gain over 24 hours, after falling below $100K overnight.
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed higher on Monday, while the pound leapt, after reports that Donald Trump would not immediately impose tariffs upon his inauguration as US president. The FTSE 100 index rose 15.32 points, 0.2%, at 8,520.54. It had earlier reached a new intra-day high of 8,548.59.
Global equities rallied on Friday as traders digested corporate results and prepared for US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, pushing London's benchmark FTSE 100 and Frankfurt's D
The economic storm facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed few signs of easing today after the pound lost further ground against the dollar.
IAG shares dropped 3.5% early on, with easyJet (LON: EZJ) PLC also among the FTSE 100’s fallers as rivals Wizz Air Holdings PLC (LON: WIZZ) and Ryanair (LON: 0RYA) Holdings PLC also slipped.
Shares of London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEG rose 1.55% to £117.90 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 1.09% to 8,