London's FTSE 100 fell on Monday as a stronger sterling pressured the export-heavy index, amid tensions between the Trump administration and Federal Reserve Chair, and banks declining after U.S.

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FTSE 100 LIVE: Stocks slip as DOJ opens criminal probe into Fed chair Powell

The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks slipped at the opening bell in London, after an ebullient first week of trade of 2026, as the market looks to the latest central bank drama unfolding in the US ...

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FTSE 100 Live: Index Slips as Fed Probe Shakes Markets, Gold Surges to Near $4,600

The FTSE 100 opened the session on a cautious note as investors reacted to fresh political and monetary uncertainty in the United States. The UK’s blue-chip ind ...

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FTSE 100 today: Shares dip, pound ticks higher; Barclays hit by Trump threat

Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) shares fell as much as 4.8% on Monday after President Donald Trump said credit-card lenders would be "in violation of the law" if they fail to cap interest rates at 10% for one ...

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FTSE 100 Live: Barclays slumps on credit card cap, Fed’s Jerome Powell faces probe

The index saw its best annual performance in 2025 since the recovery from the financial crash in 2009. That was helped along in no small part by UK banking stocks, which have outperformed the US Mag 7 ...

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