London stocks managed to carve out a small gain, with the top-flight index hitting a record intraday high, even as pound jumped to its best level since the referendum after it was reported that Spain and Holland would back a soft Brexit deal. The FTSE 100 was up by 0.20% or 15.70 points at 7,778.64 by the close of trading, having hit a record intraday high of 7,782.89 earlier, above Thursday's closing record of 7,762.94. In parallel, the pound jumped 1.16% versus the greenback to 1.36924 and was ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...