Wednesday 25 February 2026 6:45 am | Updated: Wednesday 25 February 2026 6:31 am
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks Set to Jump as Pound Rallies Against Dollar
By: Samuel Norman, City Reporter
Welcome to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. There are numerous factors currently weighing on global markets, yet the FTSE 100 managed to close Tuesday's session unscathed, demonstrating remarkable resilience in turbulent times.
Market Resilience Amid Global Uncertainty
This stability came despite President Donald Trump's new 10 percent tariffs taking effect, which sent jitters across global indexes. However, by late afternoon, London's blue-chip index broke into positive territory, finishing broadly flat. "Despite the huge amount of uncertainty over Donald Trump's moving tariff target, London's markets have dusted themselves off and the FTSE 100 flirted with another record close before stopping short," said AJ Bell head of financial analysis Danni Hewson.
AI Bubble Fears and Traditional Sector Strength
This resilience occurred while fears of an AI bubble continued to swell, led by none other than the world's most influential banker. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon this week warned of a financial crisis-style AI reckoning, drawing parallels to the late 2000s before the global economy was plunged into uncertainty. During the bank's annual investor day on Monday, Dimon stated: "There will be a cycle one day, I don't know when there is going to be a cycle, I don't know what events will cause that cycle. My anxiety is high over it."
Nevertheless, it was traditional medical and chemical firms that dragged the FTSE 100 out of the slumps on Tuesday, with a seven percent rally from Croda and a ten percent surge from Convatec. This raises the question: will the London index's old-school weighting continue to shield it from wider economic woes?
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