The FTSE 100 rose in early trading on Friday morning, following a mixed session overnight in Asia and a flat day of trading in the US - though it has emerged Warren Buffett, the outgoing CEO at Berkshire Hathaway, has made a new £1bn purchase.
Investors and analysts alike are still dissecting Thursday’s UK economic data which showed a strong rise in productivity for June - but still a drop overall for the spring quarter of the year after a big first three months of 2025.
