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The FTSE 100 made a solid start to the trading week on Monday as the Chancellor pledged continued fiscal restraint and gains in mining stocks offset falls in oil majors.
The FTSE 100 Index closed up 15.01 points, 0.2%, at 9,299.84.
It had earlier traded as high as 9,354.61, close to the all-time intra-day record of 9,357.51.
The FTSE 250 ended 185.00 points higher, 0.9%, at 21,866.48, and the AIM All-Share ended up 2.65 points, 0.3%, at 780.18.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves told the Labour party conference that she would keep control of the public finances and would “not take risks with the trust placed in us by the British people”.
But she acknowledged that her choices had been made “har
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