
European blue-chips ended solidly higher on Friday, shaking off robust US data which may have cemented another Federal Reserve hold next month, with tariff optimism lifting morale.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 63.31 points, 0.7%, at 8,798.91. The FTSE 250 was up 241.30 points, 1.1%, at 21,715.96, and the AIM All-Share added 2.29 points, 0.3%, at 769.33.