FTSE 100 records best performance since global financial crisis recovery despite slow UK growth

The government want more British people to start investing and could hardly have had a better advertising campaign handed to them, as the FTSE 100 - the index of the biggest firms listed on the London Stock Exchange - posted the best annual returns across 2025 since the rebound from the financial crisis.

In total, the UK’s biggest stock market index gained 1,758.36 points, or 21.5 per cent, from the last trading day of 2024 to December 31 2025.