FTSE 100 climbs to 10,979 as Bank of England rate hold exposes hawkish tilt

The FTSE 100 touched 10,979 on Thursday morning after the Bank of England rate hold left the index broadly unmoved, yet a shift in voting patterns on the Monetary Policy Committee carried the sharper message for markets. London’s benchmark briefly faded from its session high before recovering as traders processed results from Lloyds Banking Group, [...] The post FTSE 100 climbs to 10,979 as Bank…