FTSE 100 ends virtually flat despite Rolls-Royce surge, but Wall Street higher
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FTSE 100 ends virtually flat despite Rolls-Royce surge, but Wall Street higher
The UK blue chip index couldn t make headway but US markets have been buoyed by better than expected jobless claims data and unchanged US GDP readings
FTSE 100 closes 7 points lower
Miners climb on BHP strike
US stocks move higher
5.10pm: US markets besting the FTSE thus far
The FTSE 100 ended down 7 points, 0.1%, at 7,020, while the FTSE 250 added 19 points, less than 0.1%, to 22,659. Another largely uninspiring day on the markets today, with European markets stuck in neutral gear waiting for a fresh driver of sentiment, IG Senior Market Analyst Joshua Mahony wrote. With the VIX closing in on levels not seen since the pandemic began, there is undoubtably a lack of any particular conviction despite ongoing improvements in the US economic front.