Stocks in London ended mixed on Wednesday as investors assessed Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget and looked ahead to an expected US interest rate hold.
In London, the FTSE 100 index ended up 7.96 points, or 0.1%, at 10,694.50. The FTSE 250 ended 77.11 points lower, 0.3%, at 24,639.26, and the AIM all-share advanced 2.43 points, 0.3%, at 760.92.