Hopes that sweeping tax cuts in the United States could boost a collection of London-listed heavyweights lifted the FTSE 100 to a record high this evening. London’s blue-chip index rallied 75.58 points, or about 1 per cent, to 7,601.83, as a “Santa rally” took hold on the penultimate day of trading before …

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