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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans,Daniel O'Boyle and Simon Hunt

FTSE 100 Live 31 January: US Fed holds rates, London index closes down after late slide

The property market’s new year resilience and upgraded GSK targets are in focus ahead of tonight's US interest rates decision.

Nationwide’s latest figures showed January’s average house price little changed on a year earlier, a better performance than expected by analysts.

London’s session also included robust results and targets by drugs giant GSK before the attention turns to tonight's updated rates guidance by the US Federal Reserve.

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