Barclays goes ‘overweight’ FTSE 100 amid global rout

Barclays strategists have upgraded their position on the FTSE 100 to ‘overweight’ in the face of the extreme rout of global stocks after Trump’s swingeing global tariffs. Despite suffering its worst two-day trading period since the pandemic, London’s blue-chip index has outperformed its international peers in recent days falling just under 10 per cent since [...]