FTSE 100 hits all-time high as trade deal hopes lift global markets Markets The FTSE 100 closed at another all-time high on Wednesday on hopes the United States’ trade deal with Japan would spark a flurry of similar pacts between the Trump administration and America’s largest trading partners. London’s blue-chip index closed up 0.5 per cent to hit a record high of 9080 points, in the latest and [...]
