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FTSE 100 Today: BP Rally Lifts UK Stocks as Barclays and Taylor Wimpey Fall

FTSE 100 Today: BP Rally Lifts UK Stocks as Barclays and Taylor Wimpey Fall

UK equities ticked up early Tuesday, the FTSE 100 hovering near 10,340 for a gain of about 0.2% after a higher open. BP and Shell nudged the index upward as crude stayed north of $110 a barrel. But Barclays slipped, weighed by earnings, and Taylor Wimpey lost ground on cost pressures. BP featured among top risers; Barclays sat near the bottom of the pile.
28 April 2026
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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rises as Miners Rally, Morgan Sindall Jumps and easyJet Slides

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rises as Miners Rally, Morgan Sindall Jumps and easyJet Slides

The FTSE 100 edged up roughly 0.2% to 10,579 by Thursday morning, lifted mostly by gains in mining and financial shares as optimism for dialogue between Washington and Tehran calmed nerves. The mid-cap FTSE 250 outperformed, too. Shares of Morgan Sindall popped, while easyJet slipped on a downbeat outlook for bookings and fuel expenses.
16 April 2026
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FTSE 100 Today: UK Stock Market Falls as $100 Oil Shifts Bank of England Outlook

FTSE 100 Today: UK Stock Market Falls as $100 Oil Shifts Bank of England Outlook

The UK’s main stock indexes slipped once more on Thursday. Late Reuters figures had the FTSE 100 dropping 0.47% to 10,305.15, while the FTSE 250—whose focus is more domestic—shed 0.83% and settled at 22,194.55. Oil rebounded toward $100 a barrel after fresh strikes on fuel tankers off Iraq, stirring up those inflation worries that have been weighing on London stocks.
12 March 2026
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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Slides as Oil Jumps, BoE Cut Bets Take Another Hit

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Slides as Oil Jumps, BoE Cut Bets Take Another Hit

London shares slipped at the open on Thursday. The FTSE 100 dropped 0.7% to 10,281.08, while the FTSE 250 shed 0.4% to 22,287.39. Brent crude topped $100 a barrel for a short stretch following renewed Gulf shipping attacks, dragging the indexes lower for a second day and keeping traders stuck on energy news.
12 March 2026
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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rebounds as Oil Slides, Persimmon Leads London Rally

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rebounds as Oil Slides, Persimmon Leads London Rally

London shares snapped a three-day losing run on Tuesday after oil prices pulled back and investors took heart from comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Middle East war could end soon. The FTSE 100, which tracks Britain’s biggest listed firms, was up 1.6% at 10,412.54. The FTSE 250 index of medium-sized companies rose 1.9%, and both were on course for their biggest one-day rise in nearly a year.
10 March 2026
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FTSE 100 reels from worst week in a year as oil shock hits London stocks

FTSE 100 reels from worst week in a year as oil shock hits London stocks

London shares took their hardest weekly knock in nearly a year, rattled by climbing oil prices and more signs of strain in the U.S. economy that shook confidence at the London Stock Exchange. On Friday, the FTSE 100 shed 1.2%, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 dipped 0.8%. Both indexes just chalked up their roughest week since the sharp drop last April, when U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs set off a global selloff, according to Reuters.
7 March 2026
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