Traders are currently pricing in a 78.6% chance of a rate cut during August's Bank of England meeting, according to data compiled by LSEG. Among individual stocks, restaurant chain operator SSP Group ...

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Miners help propel FTSE 100 to new record high

Mining stocks climbed after US President Donald Trump said he would enact a 50% copper tariff in August, sending copper prices higher.

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LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 and DAX 40 power to record highs

The FTSE 100 index surged 85.47 points, 1.0%, to 8,952.49, a new record high. The FTSE 250 was up 48.45 points, 0.2%, at 21,616.31, and the AIM All-Share was up 0.77 of a point, 0.1%, at 771.20.

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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 set to climb amid US-EU deal hope

An opening price of 8,900 points could leave the FTSE 100 on the cusp of a new record high. Its best-ever level of 8,908.82 points was achieved in March. Its closing high of 8,884.92 points was set ...

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Stocks mixed as Trump tariff tensions continue

The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were British American Tobacco, up 88.5p at 3,616.5p, Rolls-Royce, up 18p at 984.4p, Barclays, up 5p at 339.6p, NatWest, up 6.7p at 497.6p, and Smith & Nephew, up 15p ...

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