(Alliance News) – Stock prices in London closed mixed on Friday, the final trading day of 2023, as the annual returns from UK equities were outshone by international markets.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 10.50 points, 0.1%, at 7,733.24. The FTSE 250 ended down 29.53 points, 0.2%, at 19,689.63 and the AIM All-Share closed down 0.34 of a point at 763.32.
The Cboe UK 100 ended up 0.2% at 772.47, the Cboe UK 250 closed down 0.1% at 17,163.49, and the Cboe Small Companies ended up 0.7% at 14,992.05.
At the time of the early London market close, the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.4%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt was up 0.3%, on track to add 15% and 19% respectively this year.
“The UK stock market has, once again, frustrated those who were convinced it was cheap and lived down the expectations of those who asserted it was cheap for good reason,” said AJ Bell investment director AJ Bell commented last week.
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