India, July 3 -- UK Stock Market Today (July 3): The UK stock market traded higher on Friday, July 3, extending this week's strong rally as investors continued buying heavyweight banking, mining, healthcare and utility stocks. The benchmark FTSE 100 rose around 0.3% to trade above 10,680, after surging 1.67% in the previous session to close at 10,652.87, its highest level in more than two months.

Improving global market sentiment, easing concerns over further aggressive US Federal Reserve rate hikes, and strong performance from major UK-listed companies supported the latest advance. The FTSE 250 and FTSE 350 also traded in positive territory during the opening session.

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