FTSE 100 mixed today; house price data in focus

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Investing.com – U.K. equities started mixed on Monday. The top gainers were Support Services, Industrial Engineering and Aerospace & Defense sectors. Mining, Household Goods and Construction & Building Materials were the top fallers.

At the market open in London, the FTSE 100 Index fell slightly. The FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE 350 Index climbed. The FTSE 250 rose 0.07%, while the FTSE 350 was up by 0.26%.

Top Gainers:

  • Experian (LON:EXPN): Increased 0.96% or 37.2 points to 3,899.2.
  • Diploma (LON:DPLM): Climbed 1.05% or 44.00 points to 4,252.00.
  • Prudential (LON:PRU): Rose 1.04% or 7.40 points to 716.40.

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Top Losers:

  • HALEON (LON:HLN): Dropped 1.68% or 6.50 points to 380.10.
  • Fresnillo (LON:FRES): Declined 1.18% or 7.50 points to 628.50.
  • Beazley (LON:BEZG): Fell 1.31% or 10.00 points to 754.50.

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In Commodities Trading:

  • Gold Futures for December delivery dropped 3.70 points to 2,664.10 a troy ounce.
  • Crude Oil for November delivery increased 0.42 points to 74.80 a barrel.
  • December Brent Oil Contract rose 0.33% or 0.26 points to 78.31 a barrel.

Currency Markets:

  • GBP/USD is trading at 1.3108.
  • EUR/GBP is at 0.8365.
  • The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 102.340.

GBP/USD

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic event in the United Kingdom is the house price data from Halifax.

Disclaimer: For information purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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