The FTSE 100 index closed down 241.79 points, 2.4%, at 10,063.50.

The index closed down 98.31 points, 0.9%, at 10,305.29.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 85.91 points, 0.8% at 10,403.60 and the FTSE 250 was up 158.43 points, 0.7%, at 22,180.90.

Nato and other Western allies pushed back on US President Donald Trump’s demand that military alliance members help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 43.91 points, 0.4%, at 10,446.35.

The FTSE 100 index spent the bulk of the day in the green, before declining as the afternoon progressed.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 118.27 points, or 1.1%, at 10,472.11.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 32.39 points, 0.3%, at 10,353.84.

The leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar, has said Sir Keir Starmer should quit.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 17.33 points, 0.2%, at 10,171.76.

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

Homewares retailed Dunelm expects financial 2026 pre-tax profit to land at the lower end of the analyst consensus range of £214m to £227m.

A safe-haven demand from a firming gold price lifted mining stocks.

The World Bank has raised its global growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points for 2026.

Anglo American edged up 0.4% after reporting that it was striving to wrap up the sale of its nickel business.

In a split vote, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted five to four to reduce interest rates.

The ice cream maker rose 1.8% in Amsterdam.

Analysts warned that the UK manufacturing sector’s recovery remains uncertain

The FTSE 100 index closed down 4.80 points, 0.1%, at 9,534.91.

It came on a day of positive news for European trade with China.