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UK stocks opened higher on Wednesday, amid broader gains on European exchanges, as investors embraced the naming of Christine Lagarde as the new head of...

The FTSE 100 has hit a nine-month high after closing 0.8% higher at 7,559.19, benefiting from sterling weakness.

Sterling has dropped to a six-month low...

UK stocks continued to climb on Tuesday, driven by the more defensive utilities and insurers.

The weakness in the pound against the dollar also helped...

UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday as a weaker pound helped boost local exporters and investors continued to take encouragement from tentative progress on US-China...

The FTSE 100 closed up 1% at 7,497.50 as in the US the S&P 500 index hit new record levels.

Amid a sea of green,...

The FTSE 100 gathered momentum by midday, up 1.3% to 7,519.08, as futures markets pointed to a higher open on Wall Street.

This followed...

UK stocks opened substantially higher on Monday after the US and China struck a tentative trade truce that buoyed markets around the globe.

At 0839,...

The FTSE 100 closed up 0.3% at 7,425.63 with all eyes on the G20 leaders' summit, investors apparently hopeful for signs of progress in trade...

The FTSE 100 remained in positive territory after UK GDP figures hit expectations and with attention focused on the G20 summit in Japan.

By midday...

UK stocks opened higher on Friday, led by a rally in the housebuilding sector.

At 0851, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 11.78 points,...