Global stock markets ended 2021 on a high, with the FTSE 100 finishing 14.3% up on the start of the year and the S&P 500 close to a 27% gain over the same timescale.
On Friday 15 October the FTSE 100 index finished at its highest level in 19 months, but fell after China reported its 4.9% expansion came in short of expectation