FTSE 100 hits record high as US shutdown breakthrough sparks market rally – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as stocks in London hit new peak

• Senate advances funding bill to end longest US government shutdown in history

Hopes of an end to the US government shutdown are moving the currency markets too.

The US dollar has gained 0.4% against the Japanese yen (a traditional safe haven), rising to 154 to the $.