Business | Business News The FTSE 100 closed at its highest since September as traders returned from Christmas celebrations in high spirits. It was an unsurprisingly calm trading session amid a dearth of economic updates or company news, but optimism around easing inflation continued to dominate the outlook. London’s top index moved 0.36%, or 27.44 points higher, to finish at 7,724.95. Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown , said: “The FTSE 100 has risen from its Christmas slumber with gains as positivity pulses through financial markets. “There are hopes of a soft landing for the US as inflationary…
