FTSE 100 Rises Amid Software and IT Gains
Relx, London Stock Exchange Group and Autotrader led gains as investors rotated into stocks seen as vulnerable to artificial intelligence disruption fears.
- On Friday, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.3% to close at 10,368.05, bolstered by rallies in stocks previously hit by AI disruption fears; Relx climbed 6.0%, London Stock Exchange Group gained 5.3%, and Autotrader rose 3.4%.
- Trading platform CMC soared 17% on the FTSE 250 after reporting pretax profit rose 20% to £101.3 million for the year ended March 31, forecasting financial 2027 operating income well above market expectations.
- US non-farm payrolls climbed 172,000 in May, more than double the FXStreet-cited consensus of 85,000, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%, data that increased expectations for a potential interest rate hike.
- While the FTSE 100 clung to modest gains, the FTSE 250 dropped 1.0% on Friday and European markets also declined, with the FTSE 100 recording a 0.4% weekly loss amid weakness in mining stocks.
- Monday's global economic calendar includes US consumer inflation expectations, Japanese GDP data, and German factory orders, while UK firms expect to increase prices by 4% over the next 12 months according to Bank of England data.
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