UK stock markets rise with trading steady while US tariffs ‘in limbo'
The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were M&G, up 12.3p to 236.7p, GSK, up 51p to 1,507p, BT, up 5.5p to 179.45p, AstraZeneca, up 322p to 10,720p, and Unite Group, up 21.5p to 861p.
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