FTSE 100 News 15 December 2025

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Near Record High After BoE Rate Cut — Miners and Defence Lead, Retail Signals Stay Mixed (20 December 2025)

London’s stock market is closed today (Saturday, 20 December 2025), but investors are heading into the final pre-Christmas trading week with plenty to digest: a Bank of England rate cut, a data-heavy UK week that delivered fresh warnings from retail

20 December 2025

UK Stock Market Today (19 December 2025): FTSE 100 Faces Volatile Session as Retail Sales Miss, Borrowing Stays Elevated and FTSE Rebalance Hits at the Close

London’s stock market heads into Friday, 19 December 2025 with a familiar end‑of‑year mix: lighter liquidity, heavy macro headlines, and index-related flows that can amplify late-session moves. Futures pointed to a softer open for the FTSE 100 after Thursday’s post‑central‑bank

19 December 2025

FTSE 100 · Market Analysis · Retail Sales · Stock Market · UK Economy

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Hits Five-Week High After Bank of England Cuts Rates to 3.75%

LONDON (5:15pm GMT, Thursday 18 December 2025) — UK shares ended higher on Thursday as the Bank of England delivered a widely expected interest-rate cut, while a softer-than-forecast US inflation print lifted global risk appetite and helped underpin a late-December rally

18 December 2025

Economic News · FTSE 100 · Interest Rates · Market Analysis · UK Stock Market

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Holds Near 9,800 Ahead of Bank of England Rate Cut Decision (18 December 2025)

London equities traded cautiously higher by mid-morning on Thursday as investors positioned for the Bank of England’s final policy decision of 2025, due at 12:00 GMT. With UK inflation cooling faster than expected and growth showing fresh signs of strain,

18 December 2025

Financial News · FTSE 100 · Interest Rates · Stock Market · UK Economy

UK Stock Market Today (18 December 2025): FTSE 100 Set for a Cautious Open as BoE Rate Cut Looms; BP CEO Shock and Currys Results in Focus

London, 18 December 2025 — The United Kingdom stock market is starting the day on a cautious footing, with the FTSE 100 expected to edge slightly lower at the open as investors brace for a high-impact mix of Bank of

18 December 2025

Bank of England · Corporate News · FTSE 100 · Investing · NYSE:BP · Stock Market

UK Stock Market Preview for 18 December 2025: BoE Rate Decision, Inflation Surprise, FTSE 100 Movers and Global Cues

London investors head into Thursday’s session (18/12/2025) with a single theme dominating the pre-open conversation: a surprise drop in UK inflation has strengthened expectations that the Bank of England will cut rates later today—and the market has already started repricing around

17 December 2025

BoE Policy · FTSE 100 · Inflation · Stock Market · UK Economy

UK Stock Market Today (17 December 2025): FTSE 100 Rallies as Inflation Surprise Fuels Bank of England Rate-Cut Bets

LONDON — 17 December 2025. UK equities finished higher on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 closing up 0.9% at 9,774.32 after stronger gains earlier in the session, as a sharper-than-expected drop in inflation strengthened expectations of a Bank of England (BoE) rate cut on

17 December 2025

Bank of England · FTSE 100 · Inflation · Investment News · Stock Market

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Jumps as UK Inflation Cools and Bank of England Rate-Cut Bets Surge (17 December 2025)

London stocks closed firmly higher on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, after a sharper-than-expected drop in UK inflation turbocharged expectations of an imminent Bank of England (BoE) interest-rate cut and triggered a broad rally across rate-sensitive and internationally exposed sectors. Key

17 December 2025

FTSE 100 · Inflation · Interest Rates · Stock Market · UK Economy

UK Stock Market Today (16 Dec 2025): FTSE 100 Falls as Oil and Defence Shares Slide Ahead of BoE Rate Cut

London, 16 December 2025 — The UK stock market ended Tuesday in the red, with the FTSE 100 dragged lower by a sharp drop in oil prices and broad weakness across defence names, as investors digested fresh labour-market evidence of a slowing economy and positioned

16 December 2025

Bank of England · Defence Sector · FTSE 100 · Oil Industry · Stock Market

UK Stock Market Today (16 December 2025): FTSE 100 Futures Dip After Unemployment Hits 5.1% as Bank of England Rate Cut Looms

London’s stock market is heading into Tuesday with a familiar late‑year mix of macro nerves and rate-cut hope. FTSE 100 futures pointed lower in early indications (down around 0.4%), with London shares also called roughly 30 points weaker at the

16 December 2025

Bank of England · Financial News · FTSE 100 · Stock Market · UK Economy

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rallies Near 9,750 as BoE Rate-Cut Bets Lift Banks, Miners and Luxury

London, December 15, 2025 (2:00 PM GMT) — UK shares are firmly higher in Monday afternoon trading, with the FTSE 100 leading European benchmarks as investors lean into a growing consensus that the Bank of England is set to cut interest rates later this

15 December 2025

Bank of England · Financial News · FTSE 100 · Investment · Stock Market

AI Stocks on the UK Stock Market Today (15 December 2025): FTSE Rebounds After “AI Bubble” Jitters as Investors Shift Focus to LSE Data, Banks and Real-World AI Winners

London’s “AI stocks” story is looking a little different again this morning. After a late-week wobble sparked by renewed anxiety over whether the global AI build-out is delivering profits quickly enough, UK equities opened firmer on Monday, 15 December 2025—with

15 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Financial News · FTSE 100 · Investment Trends · UK Stock Market

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