{"id":65206,"date":"2025-10-10T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/10\/10\/mining-stocks-drifting-lower-ftse-100-moves-in-tight-range\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:07:13","slug":"mining-stocks-drifting-lower-ftse-100-moves-in-tight-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/10\/10\/mining-stocks-drifting-lower-ftse-100-moves-in-tight-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining Stocks Drifting Lower; FTSE 100 Moves In Tight Range"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> U.K. stocks are subdued in lackluster trade on Friday with investors not showing any big interest in making significant moves. The benchmark FTSE 100 index is moving in a very narrow range.<\/p>\n<p>The mood remains cautious amid political uncertainty in France, and a lack of triggers.<\/p>\n<p>The FTSE 100 was up 2 points or 0.02% at 9,511.40 a little before noon. <\/p>\n<p>The Sage Group shares are up more than 3%. Compass Group is gaining 2.2% and Diageo is rising 2.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Metlen Energy &amp; Metals, Unilever, LSE, Games Workshp, Bunzl, Severn Trent, WPP, Pearson, JD Sports Fashion and Ashtead are up 1 to 1.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Endeavour Mining is down nearly 3%. Fresnillo, Melrose Industries, Rolls-Royce Holdings, BAE Systems and Babcock International are down 2 to 2.6%.<\/p>\n<p>RightMove, Avia, IAG, Prudential, Shell, ICG, Anglo American Plc, Airtel Africa, HSBC Holdings and Glencore are down 0.7 to 1.6%.<\/p>\n<p>In economic news, UK permanent job placements declined at a softer pace and candidate supply increased sharply amid falling demand for staff in September, monthly data from S&amp;P Global showed.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent staff appointments dropped at the weakest pace in a year in September. That said, employers were hesitant to take on new workers due to weaker economic conditions and cost concerns, the KPMG\/REC Report on Jobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, temp billings dropped at a solid pace that was faster than in August.<\/p>\n<p>Starting pay for permanent workers grew at the slowest pace in the current sequence of rise that began just over four-and-a-half years ago. Temp pay growth also slowed in September.<\/p>\n<p>Data showed that overall vacancies continued to drop but the rate of contraction eased only slightly from August&#8217;s six-month record. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Mining Stocks Drifting Lower; FTSE 100 Moves In Tight Range<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-10-10 11:07:13<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.K. stocks are subdued in lackluster trade on Friday with investors not showing any big interest in making significant moves. 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