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UK stocks: how the FTSE 100 is finding its feet again

The FTSE 100, Britain’s blue-chip stockmarket index, has undergone constant churn in the 37 years since its inception, says Max King. But it is now starting to catch up with its global counterparts.

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by: Max King
12 Feb 2021
Oilrig on a stormy sea

The energy sector has hampered the index in recent decades

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