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,

London’s FTSE 100 beats record to hit all-time high in ‘surprising’ rally - London’s top index surpassed the previous record of 8,474.41 set in May last year.

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.

On the FTSE, retailers were a weak feature after poor trading updates from AB Foods' Primark and Puma in Germany. AB Foods said group sales ... late on Thursday in London, falling from USD78.31 ...

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.

British fashion house Burberry announced Friday a further decline in sales, hit by weak demand in China, but the troubled group is showing signs of recovery under new leadership.

The economic storm facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed few signs of easing today after the pound lost further ground against the dollar.

Marks and Spencer (LON: MKS) Group PLC continue to lead the day’s fallers, down 3.6%, while a lack of major movers saw Taylor Wimpey (LON: TW) PLC and Compass Group (LON: CPG) PLC also among losers.

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.

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.

London’s top index surpassed the previous ... Barratt Redrow and Berkeley Group. “The FTSE 100 is now ahead by 3.5% this year, and marginally ahead of the previous record level set last ...