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FTSE 100 Surges 160 Points to 10,337 as UK Stocks Rebound Strongly on April 1 2026

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed sharply in early trading Wednesday, rising 1.58% or 160.48 points to 10,336.93 as investors appeared to shake off recent geopolitical jitters and bargain-hunt after a volatile March, with the blue-chip gauge trading in a wide range between 10,169.30 and 10,366.46 by mid-morning.

International Business Times

FTSE 100 closes higher ahead of US rates and earnings

The FTSE 100 index closed up 58.95 points, 0.6%, at 10,207.80.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Smashes Records: What's Driving the 2026 Market Surge?

The FTSE 100 has surged to record highs in early 2026. We examine the earnings, sectors and global forces driving London's market rally.

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FTSE 100 records best performance since global financial crisis recovery despite slow UK growth

British mining, defence, and finance shares led the charge with significant gains over 2025

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 scores best year since 2009 and outperforms Wall Street

Mining, defence, and finance shares led the charge with significant gains over 2025.

Evening Standard

Advertising giant WPP relegated from FTSE 100 after nearly 30 years

Market value of ad group that was once world’s largest plummets from about £24bn in 2017 to £3.1bn

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 Approaches 10,000 Points for First Time Amid Political Tensions and AI-Stock Rally

The FTSE 100 is nearing the landmark 10,000-point level for the first time, fuelled by AI-driven stocks and investor optimism, even as political tensions test market resilience.

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Top executive pay in UK’s biggest firms hits new record as more take home £10m

Median pay for chief executive officers of FTSE 100 companies was £4.58 million in the 2024-2025 financial year.

Evening Standard

Top executives’ pay in UK hits record high – reaching 122 times of average worker

It marks the fourth year in a row that chief executives have taken home a record amount

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 ends flat ahead of likely US rate hold

The FTSE 100 index closed up just 0.62 of a point at 9,136.94.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 touches above 9,000 for the first time

The FTSE 100 Index briefly rose above the record high, hitting 9,016.98 at one stage in morning trading on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Fact check: FTSE 100 had its best day in five months in January

The index has not seen its best day in decades at any point during Rachel Reeves’ time as Chancellor.

Evening Standard

Women hold almost 45% of seats on FTSE 100 boards, report says

New high tempered by dip in number of female CEOs at 100 biggest listed firms to fewer than 10 last year

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 notches another record while US inflation rises

Many of the stock index’s biggest names rose in value on Wednesday, led by insurance group Prudential.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year

Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre

Evening Standard

Labour needs to grasp pension policy to make it work for the national interest

The valuation of the FTSE-100 basket of stocks is currently a modest 12.2x earnings,

The Guardian - UK

Shares in UK gambling firms fall £2bn amid talk of higher taxes in budget

Thinktank reports saying sector should be hit with extra £900m to £3bn in levies prompt market selloff

The Guardian - UK

Can Burberry fix its tattered image after chequered patch?

The fashion brand is set to leave the FTSE 100 after a rapid fall in value and status, but some think it can rise again

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Evening Standard

The tech sector needs an industrial strategy

City Voices: A properly integrated industrial strategy is what will enable British technology startups to truly scale in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Stop Shein listing on the FTSE, workers’ rights campaigners urge

Groups issue call to next government amid criticism of online fashion retailer’s labour practices and accusations of copying

Evening Standard

Signs of UK-listed firms narrowing valuation gap after record FTSE run

With this weekend set to be the warmest of 2024 so far, the City will be hoping that the strong spring run turns into a red-hot summer for London shares

The Guardian - UK

What’s behind the record FTSE 100 high?

Hopes of a UK interest rate cut and easing geopolitical tensions are not the only reasons for the intraday peak reached this morning

Evening Standard

There's still plenty of shares to like on the poor old FTSE 100

City Voices: Taken together, London’s top flight mightn’t look so appealing. But that doesn’t mean that all UK stocks should be written off.

Evening Standard

Arm becomes Britain's sixth most valuable company after shares rise 50%

FTSE stalwarts BP, GSK and Diageo have been left in the dust by the UK’s biggest Nasdaq-listed firm

The Conversation

There will be more elections in 2024 than ever before – here's how it could affect financial markets

Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has indicated that the upcoming UK election will not be until the second half of 2024, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for polling activity in the coming months. This is set to be the biggest election year in history, with…

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