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Great Britain FTSE100 The index exceeded the symbolic mark of 10,000 points for the first time on Friday, thus extending its gains after an exceptional year 2025.

The FTSE 100 index rose 0.8% to trade at 10,015 points at 8:39 a.m. London time (3:39 a.m. ET), launching the first trading day of the year firmly in positive territory.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 The index, meanwhile, rose 0.6%, with most sectors and major exchanges in the green. Mining stocks were among the best performers, up around 0.9%.

These measures come as investors return from the New Year holidays on Thursday and after remarkable annual gains.

THE Stoxx 600 The index rose nearly 16% in 2025, posting its third straight year of gains, as it was driven higher by banking stocks and an increase in regional defense spending.

Looking at individual stocks, shares of Danish energy group Orsted rose 5.5% after the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms. said it had challenged the US government’s suspension of the lease of its joint venture Revolution Wind and would seek a court injunction.

Elsewhere, precious metals continued their upward trend from last year. Spot gold prices rose 1.6% to $4,385.4 an ounce in early European hours, while silver stain prices jumped more than 4.3% to $74.34 an ounce.

Gold and silver notched Last year saw their best annual performance since 1979, supported by a host of factors including the impact of US interest rate cuts, tariff tensions and strong demand from exchange-traded funds and central banks.

In Asia-Pacific trade, South Korean Kospi reached a new recordwhile markets including Japan and mainland China remain closed for the holidays.

U.S. stock futures, meanwhile, were trading higher in early European hours. S&P, Nasdaq-100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were last seen up at least 0.3%.