United Kingdom's main stock market index, the GB100, rose to 9350 points on September 30, 2025, gaining 0.54% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 1.68% and is up 12.97% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from United Kingdom. United Kingdom Stock Market Index (GB100) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

As of January 29, 2025, the FTSE index stood at ******** points - well above its average value of around ***** points in the past few years.On the 12th of March 2020, amid the escalating crisis surrounding the coronavirus and fears of a global recession, the FTSE 100 suffered the second largest one day crash in its history and the biggest since the 1987 market crash. On the 23rd of March, the FTSE index saw its lowest value this year to date at ******** but has since began a tentative recovery. With the continuation of the pandemic, the FTSE 100 index was making a tentative recovery between late March 2020 and early June 2020. Since then the FSTE 100 index had plateaued towards the end of July, before starting a tentative upward trend in November. FTSE 100 The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, otherwise known as the FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 largest companies trading on the London Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization. At the end of March 2024, the largest company trading on the LSE was Shell. The largest ever initial public offering (IPO) on the LSE was Glencore International plc. European stock exchanges While nearly every country in Europe has a stock exchange, only five are considered major, and have a market capital of over one trillion U.S dollars. European stock exchanges make up two of the top ten major stock markets in the world. Europe’s biggest stock exchange is the Euronext which combines seven markets based in Belgium, France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal.

Key information about United Kingdom FTSE 100

• United Kingdom FTSE 100 closed at 8,809.7 points in Feb 2025, compared with 8,674.0 points at the previous month end
• UK Equity Market Index: Month End: FTSE 100 data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1984 to Feb 2025, with an average number of 5,430.8 points
• The data reached an all-time high of 8,809.7 points in Feb 2025 and a record low of 1,010.1 points in Jul 1984

FTSE Russell provides FTSE 100 Index, which is the key benchmark in the UK.


Further information about United Kingdom FTSE 100

• In the latest reports, FTSE All-Share recorded a daily P/E ratio of 14.4 in Jul 2022

As of February 2025, the number of companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at 1,660 - a slight decrease from the previous month, and the lowest number of companies listed during the period under observation. These companies had a combined market capitalization of approximately 4.65 trillion British pounds and daily average trades of approximately 700,000 in February 2024.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 100 data was reported at 7,651.061 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7,656.936 30Dec1983=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 100 data is updated monthly, averaging 4,887.189 30Dec1983=100 from Jan 1984 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 415 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,695.651 30Dec1983=100 in Jan 2018 and a record low of 1,014.070 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 1984. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 100 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 350 Lower Yield data was reported at 4,250.208 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,271.380 30Dec1983=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 350 Lower Yield data is updated monthly, averaging 2,675.770 30Dec1983=100 from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 235 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,271.380 30Dec1983=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 1,326.048 30Dec1983=100 in Mar 2003. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE 350 Lower Yield data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.

UK Gas fell to 80.34 GBp/thm on October 1, 2025, down 0.26% from the previous day. Over the past month, UK Gas's price has risen 2.27%, but it is still 18.06% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. UK Natural Gas - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Utilities data was reported at 7,259.510 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,204.865 30Dec1983=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Utilities data is updated monthly, averaging 3,873.108 30Dec1983=100 from Jan 1988 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 367 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,429.550 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2016 and a record low of 1,059.314 30Dec1983=100 in Jan 1988. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Utilities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.

Key information about United Kingdom Market Capitalization

• United Kingdom Market Capitalization accounted for 3,182.091 USD bn in Feb 2025, compared with a percentage of 3,120.628 USD bn in the previous month
• UK Market Capitalization is updated monthly, available from Apr 1999 to Feb 2025
• The data reached an all-time high of 4,211.587 USD bn in Oct 2007 and a record low of 1,402.869 USD bn in Sep 2002

CEIC converts monthly Market Capitalization into USD. London Stock Exchange provides Market Capitalization in local currency. The Federal Reserve Board period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Market capitalization includes only domestically listed companies. As of 2017, definitions from the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) have been introduced.

The lowest average minimum temperature recorded in England since 2015 was in February 2018, when temperatures dropped to -0.4 degrees Celsius. In comparison, in February 2025 the temperature was 2.2 degrees Celsius.Further information about the weather in the United Kingdom can be found here.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE All Small data was reported at 4,112.940 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,162.082 30Dec1983=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE All Small data is updated monthly, averaging 2,075.721 30Dec1983=100 from Jan 1999 to Jul 2018, with 235 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,165.989 30Dec1983=100 in Jan 2018 and a record low of 1,072.513 30Dec1983=100 in Mar 2003. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE All Small data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Information Technology data was reported at 1,848.650 30Dec1983=100 in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,918.296 30Dec1983=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Information Technology data is updated monthly, averaging 733.455 30Dec1983=100 from Apr 1999 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 232 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,819.957 30Dec1983=100 in Mar 2000 and a record low of 235.036 30Dec1983=100 in Oct 2002. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: Actuaries Share: FTSE Information Technology data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.

The United Kingdom's average minimum temperature in July 2021 measured 12.1 degrees Celsius. This month, recorded the highest minimum temperature during the reported period. Since 2015, the lowest monthly minimum temperature in the UK was recorded in February 2018, at -0.7 degrees Celsius. This was the first time during this period that the average monthly minimum temperature dropped below zero degrees Celsius, while in January 2021 the second time took place, at -0.5 degrees Celsius. Further information about the weather in the United Kingdom can be found here.

The gridded Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Time-series (TS) data version 4.08 data are month-by-month variations in climate over the period 1901-2023, provided on high-resolution (0.5x0.5 degree) grids, produced by CRU at the University of East Anglia and funded by the UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), a NERC collaborative centre.

The CRU TS4.08 variables are cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, wet day frequency, potential evapotranspiration (PET), precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum and minimum temperature, and vapour pressure for the period January 1901 - December 2023.

The CRU TS4.08 data were produced using angular-distance weighting (ADW) interpolation. All versions prior to 4.00 used triangulation routines in IDL. Please see the release notes for full details of this version update.

The CRU TS4.08 data are monthly gridded fields based on monthly observational data calculated from daily or sub-daily data by National Meteorological Services and other external agents. The ASCII and NetCDF data files both contain monthly mean values for the various parameters. The NetCDF versions contain an additional integer variable, ’stn’, which provides, for each datum in the main variable, a count (between 0 and 8) of the number of stations used in that interpolation. The missing value code for 'stn' is -999.

All CRU TS output files are actual values - NOT anomalies.

Consumer Credit in the United Kingdom increased to 1692 GBP Million in August from 1669 GBP Million in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Consumer Credit - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Retail Sales in the United Kingdom increased 0.50 percent in August of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The UK inflation rate was 3.8 percent in July 2025, up from 3.6 percent in the previous month, and the fastest rate of inflation since January 2024. Between September 2022 and March 2023, the UK experienced seven months of double-digit inflation, which peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022. Due to this long period of high inflation, UK consumer prices have increased by over 20 percent in the last three years. As of the most recent month, prices were rising fastest in the communications sector, at 6.1 percent, but were falling in both the furniture and transport sectors, at -0.3 percent and -0.6 percent, respectively.
The Cost of Living Crisis High inflation is one of the main factors behind the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, which, despite subsiding somewhat in 2024, is still impacting households going into 2025. In December 2024, for example, 56 percent of UK households reported their cost of living was increasing compared with the previous month, up from 45 percent in July, but far lower than at the height of the crisis in 2022. After global energy prices spiraled that year, the UK's energy price cap increased substantially. The cap, which limits what suppliers can charge consumers, reached 3,549 British pounds per year in October 2022, compared with 1,277 pounds a year earlier. Along with soaring food costs, high-energy bills have hit UK households hard, especially lower income ones that spend more of their earnings on housing costs. As a result of these factors, UK households experienced their biggest fall in living standards in decades in 2022/23. Global inflation crisis causes rapid surge in prices The UK's high inflation, and cost of living crisis in 2022 had its origins in the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial waves of the virus, global supply chains struggled to meet the renewed demand for goods and services. Food and energy prices, which were already high, increased further in 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought an end to the era of cheap gas flowing to European markets from Russia. The war also disrupted global food markets, as both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of cereal crops. As a result of these factors, inflation surged across Europe and in other parts of the world, but typically declined in 2023, and approached more usual levels by 2024.

England's highest monthly mean air temperatures are typically recorded in July and August of each year. Since 2015, the warmest mean temperature was measured in July 2018 at 18.8 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, February of that same year registered the coolest temperature, at 2.6 degrees Celsius. In August 2025, the mean air temperature was 17.4 degrees Celsius, slightly higher than the same month the previous year. The English weather England is the warmest region in the United Kingdom and the driest. In 2024, the average annual temperature in England amounted to 10.73 degrees Celsius – around 1.1 degrees above the national mean. That same year, precipitation in England stood at about 1,020 millimeters. By contrast, Scotland – the wettest region in the UK – recorded over 1,500 millimeters of rainfall in 2024. Temperatures on the rise Throughout the last decades, the average temperature in the United Kingdom has seen an upward trend, reaching a record high in 2022. Global temperatures have experienced a similar pattern over the same period. This gradual increase in the Earth's average temperature is primarily due to various human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, which lead to the emission of greenhouse gases. This phenomenon has severe consequences, including more frequent and intense weather events, rising sea levels, and adverse effects on human health and the environment.

United Kingdom Index: Month Average: FT 30 data was reported at 3,282.127 01Jul1935=100 in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,311.805 01Jul1935=100 for Jun 2018. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: FT 30 data is updated monthly, averaging 1,873.659 01Jul1935=100 from Jan 1970 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 583 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,083.182 01Jul1935=100 in Jul 1999 and a record low of 160.100 01Jul1935=100 in Dec 1974. United Kingdom Index: Month Average: FT 30 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Financial Times. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Z001: Financial Times Stock Exchange: Indices.