London stock markets top 10,000 points for first time

London's benchmark FTSE 100 stocks index topped 10,000 points for the first time Friday, extending a record run seen last year.

In early deals on the first trading day of 2026 -- the capital's top-tier index featuring the likes of energy group BP, telecoms firm Vodafone and banking giant HSBC -- gained 1.0 percent to an all-time high of 10,033.75 points. Helping the FTSE 100 to its new record Friday was another solid gain to the share price of gold miner Fresnillo, whose stock rocketed 436 percent last year as the precious metal's price struck multiple record highs.