FTSE 100 reaches new high as gold and oil surge Commodity strength and well received trading updates added up to a record day for stocks and shares. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
FTSE 100 holds firm amid hefty gold miner losses Experts said the drop was a sign of ‘healthy price action’. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Stocks tumble amid US banking fears The FTSE 100 index closed down 81.52 points, or 0.9%, at 9,354.57. Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025
Miners prosper as FTSE 100 makes steady progress On the FTSE 100, gold miners Fresnillo and Endeavour Mining leapt 9.1% and 11% respectively. Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2025
FTSE 100 finishes lower as political woe in Paris jolts CAC 40 The FTSE 100 index closed down 12.11 points, or 0.1%, at 9,479.14. Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025
Gold glistens as FTSE 100 outdoes European peers The price of the yellow metal hit a new all-time high Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025
FTSE 100 underperforms despite Iran-Israel hope The FTSE 100 index closed up just 0.95 points at 8,758.99. Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Stocks falter but avoid sell-off after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites The FTSE 100 index closed down 16.61 points, 0.2%, at 8,758.04. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
Stocks slide, oil jumps after Israel strikes Iran The FTSE 100 index closed down 34.29 points, 0.4%, at 8,850.63. Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
London markets tread water despite bank stocks strengthening The FTSE 100 ended the day 3.6 points lower, or 0.04%, at 8,659.37. Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025
FTSE 100 smashes through 8,600 mark for the first time London’s top index finished 89.07 points, or 1.04%, higher to end the day at 8,646.88. The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025
FTSE 100 jumps on first day of 2025 trading The stock market climbed despite the threat of Trump tariffs, as investors took a ‘glass half full’ attitude, according to one analyst. Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
Sacked FTSE 100 chief executive to forfeit £23m in pay and benefits Sébastien de Montessus of Endeavour Mining was sacked this month over allegations of a multimillion-dollar ‘irregular payment’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024 Gold-mining company sacks CEO over ‘serious misconduct’ allegations Endeavour Mining’s Sébastien de Montessus faces allegations over personal conduct and ‘irregular payment’ of $5.9m
Reuters · Nov 28, 2022 Burkina Faso's vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk A gold mining boom in Burkina Faso over the last decade propelled Boukary Diallo from being a vendor on a market stall to running a meat business supplying a mine near Ouahigouya, his home town in the north of the country.