London stocks rose in early trade on Friday, with the top-flight index hitting a new post-pandemic high as deal news and strong commodity prices provided a boost ahead of the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
At 0900 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 7,101.95.
Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets.com said: “The overriding market themes remain pretty well unabused: A monster commodity rally continues as the global economy heats up, and massive but messy rotation out of the tech/growth/momentum plays into more cyclical/value parts of the market.
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