London Stock Exchange Today: FTSE 100 Near Record High, BoE Rate Cut Shifts the 2026 Outlook, and AIM Reforms Target an IPO Revival
London, 20 December 2025 — The London Stock Exchange (LSE) heads into the final full trading week before Christmas with a rare combination of momentum and uncertainty: the FTSE 100 is pressing toward the 10,000 milestone, helped by heavyweight miners, defence names and globally diversified earnings — even as the UK economy looks soft, consumer data stays choppy, and policymakers signal that future rate cuts won’t be a straight line. Reuters+2FT Markets+2 Because today is a Saturday, the “live” story for the London market is really Friday’s close — but the themes investors are carrying into Monday (22 December) are