FTSE 100 ends virtually flat despite Rolls-Royce surge, but Wall Street higher Companies 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.