Oil Rally Sends FTSE 100 Lower As London Stalls
FTSE 100 drops at the open Thursday, snapping its eight-session rally as renewed gains in oil and new Middle East military news rattled London investors out of the recent surge.
UK Stock Market Week Ahead: FTSE 100 Faces Bank of England Rate Call as UK Inflation, Jobs Data and Key Earnings Land
London stocks head into the week of 15–19 December 2025 with one macro theme dominating everything else: the Bank of England’s December decision. After a week defined by a US rate cut, a surprise dip in UK GDP, and a late-week wobble tied to “AI bubble” nerves on Wall Street, the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 now turn to a dense UK data run—labour market, inflation, and retail sales—plus a short but potentially market-moving corporate diary. Reuters+3Reuters+3Sharecast+3