{"id":134400,"title":"FTSE 100 closes at one-month high ahead of bank holiday","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-04-02T17:05:12+00:00","modified":"2026-04-02T17:05:12+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ftse-100-closes-at-one-month-high-ahead-of-bank-holiday/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ftse-100-closes-at-one-month-high-ahead-of-bank-holiday.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ftse-100-closes-at-one-month-high-ahead-of-bank-holiday.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Asia","Bangkok","Denmark","Endeavour Mining","Fed","Federal Reserve","Finland","FRANCE","FTSE 100","GERMANY","Glencore","Greenland plan","Hong kong","Japan","London","Manila","mining stocks","Mumbai","Nasdaq Composite","NATO alliance","Netherlands","Nikkei 225","Norway","S&P 500","shanghai","Singapore","Sweden","Sydney","Taiwan","UK","United States","Wall Street","Wellington"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FTSE-100-16-OCT-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"The FTSE 100 moved higher on Thursday, defying broader global weakness as US and Asian equities declined following Donald Trump’s indication that the Iran conflict could intensify.\n\nHis pledge to strike Iran “extremely hard” in the coming weeks triggered a global sell-off, weighing on major US indices including the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500.\n\nOn Wall Street, stocks remained under pressure, although losses moderated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 104 points, or 0.23%, at 46,460, recovering from steeper earlier declines.\n\nEuropean markets ended the session in negative territory, with Germany’s DAX falling 0.8% and France’s CAC 40 declining 0.4%\n\n**FTSE 100 closes at one-month high ahead of bank holiday**\n\nIn contrast, the FTSE 100 ended the session up 71.5 points, or 0.7%, at 10,436, marking its highest closing level since the first week of March as markets headed into the bank holiday weekend.\n\nOil majors led the advance, with Shell rising 2.9% and BP up 2.6%, as investors positioned for higher energy prices amid the conflict. Defensive heavyweights also attracted demand, with AstraZeneca climbing 2% and British American Tobacco adding 2.1%.\n\nOngoing anxiety over the Middle East crisis continued to drive energy markets, with US crude climbing above $110 a barrel. Brent crude eased from its intraday highs but remained elevated, up around 6% at $107.17 per barrel."}