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U.K.’s benchmark FTSE 100 pared early gains and drifted down a bit a little past noon on Thursday after the Bank of England lowered its interest rate by 25 basis points as widely expected, following the nation’s inflation falling to an eight-month low. <\/p>\n

The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced its interest rate from 4.00% to 3.75%, a near three-year low, today. The MPC voted five to four in favour of lowering borrowing costs down to their lowest levels since February 2023.<\/p>\n

The BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said that the MPC still thinks rates are on a gradual path downward.<\/p>\n

Investors now await the European Central Bank’s policy announcement, and crucial U.S. inflation and personal consumption expenditure data.<\/p>\n

The FTSE 100, which advanced to 9,805.65 earlier in the day, was down 2.52 points at 9,771.80 about half an hour past noon.<\/p>\n

Whitbread rallied 5.4%. Rentokil Initial gained about 3.1% and Metlen Energy & Metals advanced 2.3%.<\/p>\n

3i Group, Rolls-Royce Holdings, M&G, Vodafone Group, Glencore and Next moved up 1 to 1.5%.<\/p>\n

Burberry Group drifted down nearly 2%. United Utilities Group, Bunzl, Convatec Group, GSK, DCC, Natwest Group, Entain and IAG were down 0.8 to 1.5%. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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