Lloyds Banking Group is the clear frontrunner in the FTSE 100 index as the lender’s strong start to 2025 continued today with a rise of 2.8p to 61.5p. Barclays also added 4.25p to 296.1p and NatWest ...

The FTSE 100 returned just 5.8 per cent in 2024 ... However, this will be its best year since 2021. That year, the blue-chip index returned 14.3 per cent, followed by a 0.9 per cent rise in ...

British stocks were set to fall for the third straight session on Wednesday, as a stronger pound put pressure on the ...

Ken Hall has been watching the FTSE 100 make gains this month. And there's one big-name stock that has caught his eye as it ...

The FTSE 100 is on track for its best year since 2021, returning 11.4% in the year to 6 December. Few might have predicted FTSE 100 stock market index trackers to be among the top performing funds ...

Britain's benchmark index closed at record peak on Thursday as investors cheered a healthy set of corporate updates, while a ...

The FTSE 100 index of most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange closed at 8,666.65, breaking the record set on Thursday night after four consecutive days of rises. January has been the ...

That’s all from us this week, with the FTSE 100 now up 0.3%. It’s on track for a fifth consecutive day in the green, another record high, and its best monthly performance since November 2022.

And the performance figures were interesting. For 2024, the FTSE 100 delivered a total return of 9.7%. This was its best performance since 2021 when the large-cap index returned 18.4%. As for the ...

The break up plans of conglomerate Smiths Group today fired its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 index. Demand for Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems also contributed to another record for the blue-chip ...

BP and Shell supported the FTSE 100 advance as this week’s rise in ... of a record territory above 24,000 seen in the summer 2021. Stronger mid caps including the storage group Big Yellow ...