{"id":67426,"date":"2025-12-08T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/08\/ftse-100-roughly-flat-at-noon\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:59:35","slug":"ftse-100-roughly-flat-at-noon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/08\/ftse-100-roughly-flat-at-noon\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 100 Roughly Flat At Noon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark FTSE 100 was roughly flat a little before noon on Monday with stocks turning in a mixed performance in cautious trade ahead of interest rate decisions from several central banks, including the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The Fed, scheduled to announce its monetary policy on Wednesday, is widely expected to lower interest rate by 25 basis points. The bank&#8217;s accompanying statement and Fed Chair Jerome Powell&#8217;s post meeting conference are eyed for clues about further rate moves.<\/p>\n<p>The FTSE 100 was down 1.01 points or 0.01% at 9,666.00 a few minutes before noon.<\/p>\n<p>Prudential climbed about 2.5%. Fresnillo, Vodafone Group, Schroders, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Babcock International, Metlen Energy &amp; Metals, BAE Systems, Scottish Mortgage and IAG gained 1 to 2%.<\/p>\n<p>Smith &amp; Nephew moved up 1.25%. The medical <span class=\"landLinks\">technology<\/span> company outlined a new strategic plan, updated 2026 guidance, and long-term 2028 goals at its Capital Markets Day in London.<\/p>\n<p>Marks &amp; Spencer and Mondi lost about 2.2% and 2.1%, respectively. Barratt Redrow, Persimmon, Berkeley Group Holdings, Convatec Group, Whitbread, Howden Joinery Group and Burberry Group lost 1 to 2%.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer goods giant Unilever slumped nearly 4% in early trades, but pared losses and was down just marginally a few minutes before noon. The company has completed the demerger of its ice cream <span class=\"landLinks\">business<\/span>, now known as The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC). <\/p>\n<p>In economic news, a survey by the Recruitment &amp; Employment Confederation and KPMG showed starting pay for permanent staff rose at the fastest pace in five months, even as hiring slowed and job seekers increased, highlighting persistent wage pressures. <\/p>\n<\/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 \/>FTSE 100 Roughly Flat At Noon<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-12-08 11:59:35<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark FTSE 100 was roughly flat a little before noon on Monday with stocks turning in a mixed performance in cautious trade ahead of interest rate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1531412501799-1b4c354ca957?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw=&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2734&q=80","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-euro-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/67427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}