The FTSE 100 index closed in on its all-time high on Friday as stocks in the US and the UK headed for their best week this year, boosted by signals that major central banks are on course to cut interest rates.
London’s main stock index was 0.7 per cent higher at 7938.83 after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told the Financial Times markets are right to expect more than one reduction in borrowing costs this year.
The FTSE 100 had already climbed 1.9 per cent on Thursday after the BoE left interest rates on hold and is near its February 2023 peak of 8047.06.
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