India, July 31 -- UK Stock Market Up Today (July 31): The UK stock market is trading firmly higher today, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index rising around 0.75% to 0.80% to trade near 10,980, after recovering from the previous session's decline. The blue-chip index touched a fresh intraday record high of nearly 10,988, supported by strong global market sentiment, robust corporate earnings and gains across financial and technology-related stocks.

London Stock Market Exchange's FTSE 100 Market Performance

The FTSE 100 Index is higher today, up 0.72% to 10,975.74 in intraday trading. The index started trading at 10,897.12 and has reached a new record high of 10,987.98 intraday, hovering near the 11,000 level in light of positive global mark...