{"id":139509,"title":"Wall Street rally sets FTSE 100 up for higher open","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-08-14T06:26:46+00:00","modified":"2026-08-14T06:26:46+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/wall-street-rally-sets-ftse-100-up-for-higher-open/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/wall-street-rally-sets-ftse-100-up-for-higher-open.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/wall-street-rally-sets-ftse-100-up-for-higher-open.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-100-31-oct-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"The **FTSE 100 is expected to open higher on Friday**, with futures pointing to a gain of around **33 points, or 0.3%, to 10,806.47** after Thursday’s 0.6% decline.\n\nLondon’s blue-chip index is still down around **1.2% for the week**, but sentiment improved after Wall Street advanced overnight on softer US inflation readings.\n\nThe **S&P 500 gained 0.7% and hit a fresh record high of 7,816.70**, while the Nasdaq rose 0.8%.\n\nUS consumer inflation eased to **3.4% in July from 3.5% in June**, while producer price inflation slowed more sharply than expected to **4.7% from 5.5%**.\n\nThe cooler figures have reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in September, with markets now assigning around a **67% probability of a hold**.\n\nSterling edged higher to **$1.3501**, while Brent crude eased to **$87.30 a barrel** and gold slipped to around **$4,322 an ounce**.\n\nAsian markets were mixed, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 0.4%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.8%.\n\nInvestors will now focus on **eurozone GDP and US retail sales data**, while **Aviva** is due to report half-year results in London."}