UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Dips as Unilever Slumps on Magnum Spin‑Off (London Close, 8 December 2025)
The UK stock market started the new week on the back foot on Monday, 8 December 2025, as investors juggled a landmark Unilever spin‑off, a renewed bond sell‑off and looming interest‑rate decisions from both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. By the closing bell in London, the FTSE 100 had slipped around 0.2% to 9,645.09, while the FTSE 250 fell 0.7% to 21,921.28 and the AIM All‑Share lost 0.4% to 748.52. Alternative benchmarks told a similar story, with the Cboe UK 100 down 0.2%, the Cboe UK 250 off 0.6% and Cboe Small Companies down 0.9%. London South East Across the continent, the