Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, on the final trading day of the year
2025 could bring more gains on the UK stock market, brokerage AJ Bell has predicted.
It has predicted the FTSE 100 could hit 9,000 points by the end of 2025, which would be require a roughly 10% jump next year.
“Political uncertainty should now be receding in the UK, given the Labour government’s thumping majority, and this offers a favourable comparison with Europe, where coalition administrations now seem to be falling over at a pace to match that of the Conservative Party’s enthusiastic sacking of its leaders, prime ministers and chancellors in recent years.
The jury may still be out on the new chancellor’s first Budget, but some credit should be given for at least acknowledging the fiscal deficit which faces the country, a topic barely mentioned during the US election campaign and one that is now coming home to roost in France.
Continue reading…Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, on the final trading day of the year2025 could bring more gains on the UK stock market, brokerage AJ Bell has predicted.It has predicted the FTSE 100 could hit 9,000 points by the end of 2025, which would be require a roughly 10% jump next year.“Political uncertainty should now be receding in the UK, given the Labour government’s thumping majority, and this offers a favourable comparison with Europe, where coalition administrations now seem to be falling over at a pace to match that of the Conservative Party’s enthusiastic sacking of its leaders, prime ministers and chancellors in recent years.The jury may still be out on the new chancellor’s first Budget, but some credit should be given for at least acknowledging the fiscal deficit which faces the country, a topic barely mentioned during the US election campaign and one that is now coming home to roost in France. Continue reading…
