FTSE 100 Live: Inflation falls to 3.6 per cent, WH Smith CEO quits November 19, 2025 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Global markets downturn continued on Tuesday, with Europe left swimming in the red. The FTSE 100 closed the day down 1.27 per cent at 9,552 as the boss of Google gave the latest warning on the soaring valuation of tech stocks. Sundar Pichai, the head [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Miners sink blue-chip index; CMA crackdown November 18, 2025 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. We’re another day closer to the all-important Autumn Budget and the mood started on a sour note once more on Monday. The FTSE 100 struggled to slip out of the red ending the day on a loss of 0.24 per cent to 9,675.43p. Meanwhile, the [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Economy grows 0.1 per cent; Rolls-Royce eyes profit jump November 13, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. The FTSE 100 is inching a step closer to the magic 10,000 mark after almost a year of outperforming counterparts across the Atlantic. London’s blue-chip index managed to rally to a 0.12 per cent gain in yesterday’s session closing at 9,911.42p. In the afternoon, it inched to a [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Taylor Wimpey and Fuller’s Budget warning; Starmer under fire November 12, 2025 Good morning from the City AM live blog team. The FTSE 100 is springing back to life this week, managing to seal its second consecutive record close at 9,899.60p after a 1.15 per cent gain and bringing the index a whisker away from the 10,000 mark. The blue-chip index has rallied after the US government [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Diageo taps new top chief; private equity swoop November 10, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team, It’s a new week in the City and markets will be hoping for a recovery rally after tech jitters sent stocks deeper into the red on Friday. There’s a mixed bag of factors weighing on global indexes, namely the ongoing government shutdown in the US and the [...]
This is why London-listed companies are undervalued – Sage CEO October 13, 2025 Businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange need to tell their stories better and deliver for investors if they are to boost their valuations, the CEO of FTSE 100 technology giant Sage has said. Steve Hare, speaking on an up-coming episode of City AM‘s Boardroom Uncovered, said a lower number of competitors listed in London [...]
THG shares upgraded amid FTSE 250 return September 23, 2025 Shares in THG plc have been upgraded by JP Morgan after surging in value in recent weeks. The Manchester-headquartered group has seen its share price rise from 27p on 8 September to 38p today thanks to positive half-year results. The recent increase in THG’s value means the group, which includes the likes of Myprotein and [...]
Banks’ bond market headache spells trouble for FTSE 100 September 4, 2025 The frenzy in the bond market spells trouble for banking stocks and could create broader issues for the FTSE 100. Bond markets have had a tumultuous week, with the UK’s 30-year gilt yields hitting a 27-year high. This was triggered by a global sell-off, as well as political unease stemming from a Downing Street reshuffle [...]
The Gym Group shares slide as largest investor reveals sell-off July 17, 2025 The largest single shareholder in The Gym Group has revealed plans to significantly slash its stake. Blantyre Capital is looking to offload around five per cent of its shares in the London-listed company to other institutional investors. The investor currently has a stake of just under 12 per cent in The Gym Group and is [...]
Rolls-Royce’s FTSE 100 shares pass £10 for the first time July 17, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce have reached the £10 for the first time in its history. The Derby-headquartered behemoth started the day with its shares priced at 988p – giving it a valuation of £83.5bn. But after a 1.3 per cent rise so far today, Rolls-Royce’s shares are now changing hands for 1,001p. The [...]