FTSE 100 ends day above 9,000 points for first time

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European stocks ended mixed on Monday, as investors anxiously await developments on tariff talks, with an August 1 deadline nearing.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 20.87 points, 0.2%, at 9,012.99, ending a day above the 9,000 points threshold for the first time. It failed to set a new intraday high on Monday, however.

The FTSE 250 closed up 114.20 points, 0.5%, at 22,012.46, and the AIM All-Share closed down 1.90 points, 0.3%, at 770.88.

In European equities on Monday, the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.3%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt edged up 0.1%.

“The latest news on tariffs is mixed. Over the weekend US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said that he hoped a trade agreement would be reached between the US and the EU, but that the August 1 deadline was hard, although no previous deadline from the US has been that hard so far,&rd...

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