(Alliance News) – The FTSE 100 clung onto modest gains on Friday, extending its winning run to 10, consolidating the recent rally.
The FTSE 100 index rose 7.81 points, 0.1%, to 8,415.25. The FTSE 250 advanced 105.32 points, 0.5%, at 19,609.69, and the AIM All-Share gained 3.07 points, 0.5%, at 672.85.
For the week, the FTSE 100 rose 1.7%, the FTSE 250 firmed 1.8% and the AIM All-Share climbed 0.5%.
The Cboe UK 100 edged up to 837.77, the Cboe UK 250 gained 0.4% at 17,119.57, while the Cboe Small Companies eased 0.3% at 15,243.73.
In Paris, the CAC 40 ended up 0.5%, while Frankfurt’s DAX 40 climbed 0.8%.
At the time of the London close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 0.7% lower, the S&P 500 fell 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.2%.
It was a generally calmer day on markets as investors await the latest developments on tariffs and trade talks.
“We are currently in tariff purgatory,” said Joachim Klement, strategist at…
