UK Stock Market Today (21 December 2025): FTSE 100 Near 10,000 as BoE Rate Cut Reframes the Outlook for 2026
The UK stock market is closed today (Sunday, 21 December 2025), but investors are heading into the Christmas-shortened trading week with the FTSE 100 firmly in “near-10,000” territory, a fresh Bank of England rate cut, and a growing debate about whether 2026 marks the year the UK’s long-running valuation discount finally starts to close. Friday’s cash-market finish left London equities on a strong footing: the FTSE 100 ended at 9,897.42 (+0.61%), while the more domestically sensitive FTSE 250 closed at 22,312.71 (-0.06%) on Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed pricing. Hargreaves Lansdown+1 With the market shut for the weekend, attention shifts to futures