FTSE 100’s holiday gift: Fifth straight day of gains By: MarketWatch December 24, 2013 at 06:45 AM EST The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index heads for a fifth straight day of gains, with banks and oil firms helping lift the benchmark index in thin trade. Read More >> Related Stocks: BP Plc ADR Barclays Plc ADR HSBC Holdings Plc ADR Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc Royal Dutch Shell Cl B ADR