UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Holds Near Record Highs as Traders Weigh Fed Cut, BoE Outlook and Housing Jitters – 11 December 2025
London’s stock market spent Thursday morning in a holding pattern, with the FTSE 100 hovering just below record territory as investors digested the US Federal Reserve’s latest rate cut, a softening UK housing market and growing expectations of a Bank of England (BoE) move next week. As of late morning on Thursday 11 December, the FTSE 100 was trading a touch higher around 9,662, up about 0.1% on the day and almost unchanged in percentage terms after an early dip.Investing.com UK+1 The blue‑chip benchmark remains only a few percent below the record close near the 10,000 mark set in mid‑November.Reuters The