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  "id": 3299415,
  "title": "U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.33%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/u-k-stocks-higher-at-close-of-trade-investing-com-united-kingdom-100",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T16:10:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/uk-stocks-higher-at-close-of-trade-investingcom-united-kingdom-100-up-033-4875741"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.K. stocks experienced a rise at the close of trade on Tuesday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 index climbing 0.33% to set a new all-time high. The surge was driven by strong gains across various sectors, including Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods & Home Construction, and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech. Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) emerged as the top performer, surging by 16.31% or 43.80 points to reach 312.40 at the close. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) also made notable gains, climbing 10.43% or 48.20 points to 510.20 and 3.02% or 366.00 points to 12,476.00, respectively. Conversely, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) and Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) were among the weakest performers, falling by 2.51% or 55.00 points to 2,140.00 and 2.01% or 35.50 points to 1,735.50, respectively. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) also saw a decline, dropping by 1.93% or 7.70 points to 392.20. In the London Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by a significant margin of 1024 to 666, while 562 stocks ended the day unchanged. Gold Futures for December delivery saw a modest increase of 0.08% or 3.59 to $4,701.39 per troy ounce, while Crude oil prices for October delivery slid by 3.40% or 2.89 to $82.12 per barrel, and November Brent oil fell by 3.48% or 3.15 to $87.39 per barrel. The GBP/USD exchange rate remained steady at 1.36, and EUR/GBP remained unchanged at 0.86. The US Dollar Index Futures also experienced a slight dip of 0.04% at 98.89.",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.28%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/italy-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-investing-com-italy-40-down-0-28",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:07:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "United Kingdom: Resilient growth versus fiscal strain – Rabobank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/united-kingdom-resilient-growth-versus-fiscal-strain-rabobank",
        "published": "2026-08-25T16:34:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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