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UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Ends Flat Near 9,670 as Investors Await Fed and BoE Rate Cuts (8 December 2025)

UK Stock Market Today: FTSE 100 Ends Flat Near 9,670 as Investors Await Fed and BoE Rate Cuts (8 December 2025)

The UK stock market drew a deep breath rather than a big move on Monday, 8 December 2025, as traders looked past a quiet session in London toward a pivotal week for global central banks. The FTSE 100 finished essentially unchanged, closing around 9,667 after drifting in a tight intraday range of roughly 9,659–9,676. Over the past 12 months the index is still up about 15–16%, having traded between roughly 7,545 and 9,930in the last year, leaving it only a few percent below November’s recent peak. Investing.com
UK Stock Market Preview for 1 December 2025: FTSE 100 Eyes Higher Open as Budget Fallout, PMI Data and Fed Bets Dominate

UK Stock Market Preview for 1 December 2025: FTSE 100 Eyes Higher Open as Budget Fallout, PMI Data and Fed Bets Dominate

As London investors gear up for the first trading day of December on Monday, 1 December 2025, the UK stock market opens against a backdrop of calmer bond markets, a tax‑heavy Budget under political fire, and growing expectations of global interest‑rate cuts. The FTSE 100 closed on Friday at 9,720.51, up about 0.27% on the day, while the mid‑cap FTSE 250 also edged higher. Both indices logged solid weekly gains but finished November roughly flat overall, with the FTSE 100 ending the month down around 0.2%, breaking a four‑month winning streak. Financial Times Markets+1
30 November 2025
FTSE 100 Slips as Energy and Consumer Stocks Drag After Reeves’ Tax-Raising Budget – UK Stock Market Today, 27 November 2025

FTSE 100 Slips as Energy and Consumer Stocks Drag After Reeves’ Tax-Raising Budget – UK Stock Market Today, 27 November 2025

The UK stock market traded slightly lower on Thursday as investors digested Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ hefty Autumn Budget, with energy, miners and consumer staples weighing on the blue‑chip FTSE 100 while mid‑caps held on to modest gains. By late morning in London, the FTSE 100 was down around 0.2–0.3% and hovering near 9,670, pulling back from Wednesday’s strong post‑budget rally that took the index to roughly 9,692, an 0.8% gain on the day.Reuters+2Investing.com+2 The more domestically focused FTSE 250 was modestly higher, up between 0.1% and 0.4%, as traders rotated into UK‑centric growth stories and budget beneficiaries.Reuters+1

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  • Small caps score biggest first-half run since 1991 on AI chip rally
    June 30, 2026, 8:31 AM EDT. The Russell 2000 Index is up more than 21% this year, its best first-half run since 1991. The move comes as valuation catch-up and stronger fundamentals combine, with the AI buildout giving a big boost. Stocks tied to semiconductors and chip equipment-like Aehr Test Systems and MaxLinear-are out front, jumping more than 400% as AI spending spreads wider than just Nvidia and the top names. Analysts say the rally shows up across the AI supply chain and is getting help from broader economic signals, while hopes for a continued run hinge on rates staying steady.
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