The FTSE 100 closed trading for the year at 6,460, having fallen 1.45% on 31 December and racking up a total loss of 14.34% for 2020.
The year has been the worst year for financial markets in London since the financial crisis in 2008.
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Here’s why 2020 was the worst year for the FTSE 100 since the 2008 crash
‘It is a year which will go down in history as one of the most challenging in decades, and which made mugs of us all in terms of predictions of where markets might go’
