FTSE 100 News 9 October 2025 - 17 November 2025

Summary at a glance Where BATS left off on Friday British American Tobacco shares closed at 4,072p on 14 November. BAT’s official tear‑sheet also shows the latest dividend timetable: the November instalment was paid on 7 Nov 2025 (ex‑date 2 Oct), and the next ex‑date is 29 Dec 2025 for payment on 4 Feb 2026—useful for investors positioning into year‑end. London Stock Exchange Overnight sentiment from New York is slightly softer: the ADR BTI finished Friday at $54.13. While the ADR is not a perfect predictor of the LSE open, it often provides a directional cue for early trading in

After a volatile Friday driven by UK budget headlines and surging gilt yields, London investors head into a pivotal week featuring Japan’s GDP before the bell, UK CPI on Wednesday and UK retail sales on Friday. Key takeaways at a glance The market set‑up: London opens after a fiscal‑messaging shock British assets were whipsawed on Friday, Nov. 14, as reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves ditched plans to raise income tax in the Nov. 26 budget rippled through markets. Stocks fell, gilt yields jumped and the pound weakened, reflecting concern that fiscal consolidation may be harder to achieve without headline tax

Date: 12 November 2025 Summary:Lloyds Banking Group shares finished 0.57% higher at 95.16p, touching a fresh 52‑week high intraday as London’s FTSE 100 notched a record closing level of 9,911.42. The bank also disclosed another daily tranche of share buybacks (~9.93m shares at a VWAP of ~95.23p). Sentiment stayed firm despite continuing headlines around the bank’s use of aggregated data from employee accounts during pay talks. Share Prices+2Morningstar+2 Today’s trading: price, range, volume Pricing and volume are based on the London close. Hargreaves Lansdown also showed the market finishing with buy/sell quotes around 95.14p/95.10p, consistent with the 95.16p close. Share

Barclays (LSE: BARC) ended Wednesday, 12 November 2025 at 429.05p, up 1.47% on the day, after touching a new 52‑week high during the session. Intraday, the shares traded between 420.80p and 429.45p, with volume around 38.85 million. That puts the stock at the very top of its one‑year range (223.75p–429.45p). Investing.com The broader market backdrop was supportive: the FTSE 100 notched another record closing high at 9,911.42 (+0.1%), its third straight record, helped by utilities and miners and persistent bets that the Bank of England will ease policy in December. Morningstar Global+1 Today’s BARC snapshot (12 Nov 2025) What moved

Published: 11 November 2025 London — Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) pushed closer to the psychologically important £1 mark on Tuesday, riding a broader market rally and fresh optimism around the bank’s digital roadmap. The shares finished the session around 95p after touching an intraday high of 95.00p, extending Monday’s strong close and marking a new 52‑week peak. Investing.com Why Lloyds is rallying today The FTSE 100 set fresh record territory as traders increased bets on a December Bank of England rate cut after UK unemployment rose to 5% and wage growth cooled—macro moves that buoyed risk assets across the

Updated: 10:39 GMT, 10 November 2025 The FTSE 100 climbed nearly 1% in early London trading on Monday, edging back toward its record close after weekend progress in Washington on a bill to end the 40‑day US government shutdown lifted global risk appetite. Drinks giant Diageo led the index higher after naming former Tesco chief Sir Dave Lewis as its next CEO, while energy majors firmed alongside Brent crude. As of 10:30–10:40 GMT the FTSE 100 traded around 9,775, up roughly 0.9%, close to last week’s all‑time closing high of 9,777.08. Reuters+1 Market snapshot (intraday) What’s driving today’s move US

London Markets Rally to New Heights Britain’s stock market is extending its dramatic October rally, with both the blue-chip FTSE 100 and mid-cap FTSE 250 indices trading near multi-year highs. The FTSE 100 closed last week at a record 9,645.62 pointsreuters.com, capping its biggest weekly gain in over six months. The domestically-focused FTSE 250 likewise jumped to 22,529, its highest level since early 2022reuters.com. Early trading on Monday, October 27 saw the FTSE 100 hover flat to slightly higher around the 9,650 marktheguardian.com, holding onto those historic gains even as some investors cashed in profits. The index was essentially steady

What Is the FTSE 100 Index? The FTSE 100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange 100) is the flagship stock index of the London Stock Exchange, tracking the 100 largest companies by market capitalization listed in the UK. Often called the “Footsie,” it serves as a barometer of British large-cap equities. The index is market-cap weighted, meaning each company’s influence on the index is proportional to its market value (adjusted for free-float shares)theguardian.com. In practical terms, bigger companies like Shell or HSBC move the FTSE 100 far more than smaller constituents. The FTSE 100 is maintained by FTSE Russell (part of London Stock Exchange Group) and is