British equities started the week on a subdued note, with industrial metal miners dragging the index lower, while investors brace for the Federal Reserve's rate decision later in the week. The benchmark FTSE 100 slipped 0.

The popularity of lower cost China startup DeepSeek heightened jitters ahead of a big few days for mega-cap results. Elsewhere, low-cost airline Ryanair has downgraded its passenger growth target due to Boeing delivery delays.

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEG dropped 1.22% to £117.75 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX falling 0.73% to 8,

The blue-chip share index may have been on fire this month but that does not mean that all FTSE 100 shares are riding high. Our writer looks at one of them.

London's blue-chip FTSE 100 hit a record high on Monday for the second session in a row as investors awaited Donald Trump's return to the White House for fresh insights on his stance on tariffs and international relations.

News of the record ends a good day for markets in which much of the turbulence of the last 10 days has been reversed. It will be welcome news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the government, whose borrowing costs had risen sharply.

Bitcoin has surged to a new high in the past couple of hours, with Ethereum and XRP also on the up, along with the #MELANIA meme-coin. BTC has climbed above $108K, a 3.6% gain over 24 hours, after falling below $100K overnight.

The two numbers we’ll be watching most closely in the inflation report are the headline CPI reading and the services line. Headline CPI is seen staying at 2.6%, though our colleagues at Bloomberg Economics think it will tick up to 2.

The FTSE 250 lost 59.91 points, 0.3%, at 20,520.39, and the AIM All-Share ended down just 0.14 of a point at 720.86. The Cboe UK 100 rose 0.3% at 859.10, the Cboe UK 250 fell 0.3% at 17,914.15, while the Cboe Small Companies leapt 1.7% to 16,033.93.

Also, the ONS reported that UK public sector net borrowing for December far outstripped the consensus forecast. In corporate news, easyJet expects a narrowed loss for the first quarter. Here is what you need to know at the London market open: FTSE 100: called down 3.6 points at 8,544.69 Hang Seng: down 1.6% at 19,777.48

Global equities rallied on Friday as traders digested corporate results and prepared for US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, pushing London's benchmark FTSE 100 and Frankfurt's D

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEG inched down 0.33% to £119.20 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.