UK Stocks News 6 November 2025 - 8 December 2025

LONDON — 29 November 2025 The UK stock market has closed out a highly charged week in which tax hikes, credit‑rating warnings and talk of an AI‑driven equity bubble collided with hopes of interest‑rate cuts and a weaker inflation outlook. London’s blue‑chip FTSE 100 ended Friday 28 November at 9,720.51, up around 0.3% on the day and roughly 1.7% for the week, but slipping about 0.2% over the month — its first monthly decline in around five months and a break in a four‑month winning streak.Reuters+2Trading Economics+2 The FTSE 250 mid‑cap index also added just over 0.3% on Friday to finish near 22,165, yet remains down about 1.4%

The UK stock market ended Monday, 24 November 2025, in a cautious mood as investors weighed growing hopes of a US rate cut against mounting nerves over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday. The blue‑chip FTSE 100 finished almost flat, slipping just 0.05% to 9,534.91, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 rose 0.23% to 21,411.58. The AIM All-Share also added around 0.2%, underscoring slightly better risk appetite further down the market-cap scale. Sharecast+2Yahoo Finance+2 Banks, gold miners, airlines and housebuilders all advanced, but gains were capped by sharp falls in defence stocks, utilities and consumer staples as traders rotated

The UK stock market started the new week cautiously higher on Monday, 24 November 2025, as investors balanced growing hopes of a US Federal Reserve rate cut, nerves ahead of Wednesday’s UK budget, and unexpected optimism around a potential Ukraine peace framework. By late in the session, the FTSE 100 hovered around 9,549, up about 0.1% on the day, extending its modest rebound after last week’s volatility. Historical data show the blue‑chip index trading in a relatively tight intraday range between roughly 9,540 and 9,593.Investing.com The more domestically focused FTSE 250 outperformed, climbing around 0.3% to roughly 21,432, snapping an eight‑day losing streak—the longest in more than two years.Reuters+1 Smaller companies

London, 10 Nov 2025 — UK equities pushed higher on Monday, with the FTSE 100 up around 1% near 9,780 by late morning, tracking a broad European rebound as Washington moved closer to ending the record US government shutdown. The FTSE 250 also advanced, reflecting improved risk appetite across mid‑caps. Gains were supported by a sharp rally in Diageo, firmer energy names on steady Brent crude, and a jump in precious‑metals miners as gold hit a two‑week high. Reuters+2Reuters+2 Market snapshot Biggest movers: Diageo leads, miners gleam Diageo (DGE) surged ~7–8% after the drinks group named former Tesco chief Sir