The FTSE 100 ends the trading session higher despite ongoing political drama, with investors focusing on market-moving factors such as oil prices. The index closes up 47.58 points, or 0.5%, at 10,372.93. The move comes as the price of oil dips, which influences costs and energy-related sentiment across parts of the market. Across the available reports, the emphasis is on the index’s relative resilience, suggesting that political developments are not driving the market’s immediate direction. Rather than responding to the political headlines, the FTSE 100 appears to track day-to-day economic and commodity signals, particularly movements in oil. No additional sector-specific or company-level details are provided in the supplied excerpts, but both sources characterize the session as one in which the index holds firm even with political uncertainty in the background.