FTSE 100 Closes At 5,000

FTSE Group, the company behind the famous FTSE 100, confirms that the leading blue chip index reached 5,000 points at the close of business for the first time in over two and a half years today.

The last time the index closed above 5,000 was on 31 May 2002, when it finished at 5085.1. The highest ever all time close was during the dot.com boom, when the FTSE 100 stood at 6930.2 on 30 December 1999.

The index is used as the basis for a range of investment products worldwide and as a general indicator of UK market performance.