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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Index closes ahead as interest rate expectations ease, pound below $1.25

The FTSE 100 is sllightly higher today, despite losing more than 30 points upon opening.

Melrose has been among the big winners after a pivot to focus on being a pure-play aviation business.

Elsewhere, the UK’s average house price fell by 1.9% in August, the largest monthly fall recorded by lender Halifax since November.

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