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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Emma Curzon

London stocks climb higher after ‘watershed’ spending review

The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.27 points, 0.1%, at 8,864.35 on Wednesday (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

Stock prices in London ended higher on Wednesday after US and China negotiators announced a “framework” agreement, while UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled a “watershed” spending review and the US consumer inflation print was softer than expected.

“Our deal with China is done,” US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday, adding that the agreement was still “subject to final approval with President Xi [Jinping] and me”.

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