The UK stock market today, Thursday 11 December 2025, ended the session in quietly bullish mood. The FTSE 100closed around 9,711, up roughly 0.6% on the day, keeping London’s blue‑chip index within touching distance of its record peak just below 10,000 set in mid‑November. Investing.com UK+1
London’s stock market spent Thursday morning in a holding pattern, with the FTSE 100 hovering just below record territory as investors digested the US Federal Reserve’s latest rate cut, a softening UK housing market and growing expectations of a Bank of England move next week.