A member of staff next to a trading board at the London Stock Exchange on April 25, 2025.
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While global markets have been gripped by turbulence in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s seesawing tariffs policies, British stocks have enjoyed a bumper rally.
London’s FTSE 100 index, which has gained more than 5% since the beginning of the year, rose by 1.25% on Friday. It marked the fifteenth consecutive day of gains for the index, its new longest run ever.
In 2017, the index had fourteen back-to-back daily rises.
London’s more domestically focused FTSE 250 has also been on a winning streak of late, having notched seven consecutive days of gains by Thursday’s closing bell. On Friday, the index was trading flat, paring earlier gains. If the index ends Friday’s session in positive territory, it would mark the FTSE 250’s longest run of gains since late 2020.
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