London's blue-chip FTSE 100 index hit the symbolic 10,000 points mark for the first time, the latest sign of surging stock markets around the world and a positive start to 2026 for the long unloved British market

London's blue-chip FTSE 100 index hit the symbolic 10,000 points mark for the first time, the latest sign of surging stock markets around the world and a positive start to 2026 for the long unloved British market