
Investors’ hopes of future interest rate cuts were buoyed on Friday by weak UK economic data, pushing the FTSE 100 upwards.
London’s blue-chip index gained 112.81 points, or 1.38%, to end the day at 8,262.08.

Investors’ hopes of future interest rate cuts were buoyed on Friday by weak UK economic data, pushing the FTSE 100 upwards.
London’s blue-chip index gained 112.81 points, or 1.38%, to end the day at 8,262.08.