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Trump tariff order weighs heavy on FTSE 100

Trump tariff order weighs heavy on FTSE 100

Blue-chip stocks in the UK were struggling Friday to keep up a run of wins, as mining shares grappled with the prospect of US tariffs on steel imports. But the London benchmark is still on track to rise for the week, writes MarketWatch.

The moves came ahead of the monthly US jobs figures, a widely watched report used to gauge the health of the labour market in the world’s largest economy.

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