London’s top shares were ahead of their international counterparts on Friday for the first time this week. The FTSE 100 closed the day up 24.51 points or 0.4% to 6,761.47. The index has not joined its counterparts in Europe and the US as they charged ahead through much of this week. But Friday was very different, with only the Dow Jones in New York, up 0.4% when markets closed in Europe, pulling ahead of the top 100 companies in London. By the end of trading in London one pound could buy 1.3916 dollars, a 0.5% decrease, or 1.1645 euros, down 0.3%.

Source: Irish Independent March 12, 2021 17:26 UTC