Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors buy UK defence stocks and await Bank of England interest rate decision The FTSE 100 is up 0. 4%, but that is enough to push it to a new record high of 10,978. 87 points.
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jul/30/ftse-100-record-federal-reserve-hold-kevin-warsh-iran-attacks-donald-trump-rolls-royce-shell-lloyds-bank-of-england-interest-rates-business-live-latest-updates)