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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rises as Mitchells & Butlers Soars and Whitbread Slumps – 28 November 2025

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Rises as Mitchells & Butlers Soars and Whitbread Slumps – 28 November 2025

The UK stock market ended Friday in positive territory, with the FTSE 100 edging higher as upbeat corporate news and broker upgrades helped investors look past lingering worries about a tax‑heavy Autumn Budget, weak manufacturing data and a rare global futures trading outage. By the close on 28 November 2025, the FTSE 100 finished around 9,737, up roughly 0.45% on the day, near the top of its trading range and leaving the blue‑chip index still close to record territory. Investors Chronicle+1 The broader FTSE All‑Share also gained, while the FTSE 250 and AIM 100 posted more modest advances, helped by a powerful rally in pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers. Hargreaves Lansdown+1
28 November 2025
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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Edges Higher as Mitchells & Butlers Surges and Broker Upgrades Offset Budget Jitters (28 November 2025)

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Edges Higher as Mitchells & Butlers Surges and Broker Upgrades Offset Budget Jitters (28 November 2025)

London stocks nudged higher on Friday, with the FTSE 100 outperforming a flat Europe as upbeat corporate news and broker upgrades helped investors look past a tax-heavy UK Budget, a sharp slump in car production and a rare global futures trading outage. By the London open, the blue‑chip FTSE 100 was up about 0.2% at 9,709.62, while the mid‑cap FTSE 250 was broadly flat and the AIM All‑Share added around 0.2%.London South East By mid‑morning, the FTSE 100 was still ahead, trading roughly 10 points higher around 9,704 in quiet post‑Thanksgiving volumes.IG
28 November 2025
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  • Crude climbs as Strait of Hormuz shipping slows, US-Iran ease off attacks
    June 29, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT. Crude oil traded higher with tanker flow through the Strait of Hormuz slowing while US-Iran tensions stayed in focus. August WTI rose 1.78%, helped by a weaker dollar and firmer equities. The US and Iran agreed today to freeze attacks, which pulled crude back from session highs. Flows through the Strait recently pushed exports up to 75% of pre-war rates, but Iraq's threat to leave OPEC and the IEA demand warning kept some pressure on prices. US supply forecasts stayed strong. Ukrainian drone hits on Russian oil facilities are still cutting Russian crude processing to levels not seen in two decades, as Western sanctions keep squeezing exports.
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