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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jeremy Cutler

Stocks mixed amid fears of creaking jobs market

The FTSE 100 closed up but the FTSE 250 ended down at close of trading on Tuesday (PA) - (PA Wire)

The FTSE 100 edged higher on Tuesday, but ended well off its earlier heights, after a surprise rise in unemployment and as US bond yields hit their highest mark since 2007.

The FTSE 100 closed up 6.80 points, 0.1%, at 10,330.55. It had earlier traded as high as 10,408.36.

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