Business | Business News The attack on Houthi forces by the US and UK militaries overnight and a better-than-expected economic performance for the country’s economy were credited with lifting the FTSE 100 on Friday. The index, which has so far had a poor start to the year, rose 48.34 points, or 0.64%, to end the day at 7,624.93. It was a rise dominated by mining companies, top among them Endeavour Mining, which owns several gold mines across Africa. Its performance was boosted by the uncertainty caused by the hostilities in the Middle East where US and UK planes struck dozens of targets in Yemen . That caused investors to put their…
