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.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEG shares inched up 0.85% to £118.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.

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.

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.

The FTSE 100 index is seen moving closer to a record high after back-to-back sessions in which London’s top flight has risen 1%. Futures trading points to a rise of about 18 points to 8410, not far from May’s intraday high of 8474 and the closing peak of 8445.

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.

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.

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

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

IAG shares dropped 3.5% early on, with easyJet (LON: EZJ) PLC also among the FTSE 100’s fallers as rivals Wizz Air Holdings PLC (LON: WIZZ) and Ryanair (LON: 0RYA) Holdings PLC also slipped.

​​​FTSE 100, DAX 40 and Nasdaq 100 side-lined ahead of closely watched US non-farm payrolls.​​ ​The FTSE 100's recovery from its November and December 7,995 low has taken the UK blue chip index to a three-week high at 8,327. It caps the upside ahead of US non-farm payrolls.

The FTSE and the UK are in a terrible mess but the prospect of upside is good in the UK market because it is ripe for overseas raiders to pillage.