{"id":130789,"title":"Santa skips the City as FTSE 100 dips before Christmas","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-12-24T12:55:36+00:00","modified":"2025-12-24T12:56:25+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/santa-skips-the-city-as-ftse-100-dips-before-christmas/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/santa-skips-the-city-as-ftse-100-dips-before-christmas.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/santa-skips-the-city-as-ftse-100-dips-before-christmas.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Bank of England","capex","china","chinese","CME Group exchange","COMEX","COPPER","Crude prices","Donald Trump","FTSE 100","FTSE 250","Gold","Inflation","mid-cap","refiners","smelters","USA"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/merry-christmas.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"The FTSE 100 has slipped into the red on the final trading day before Christmas, with hopes of a Santa rally fading as the market closed lower.\n\nLondon’s blue-chip index finished **down 18.5 points, or 0.2%, at 9,879**, pulling back from Monday’s near-record close. Trading volumes were light ahead of the holiday break, and there was little in the way of fresh catalysts to lift sentiment.\n\n**Games Workshop** was the biggest faller on the index, down **1.46%**, followed closely by **Fresnillo**, which slipped **1.4%**. Both stocks have still delivered strong performances over the year, suggesting some profit-taking rather than a shift in fundamentals.\n\nThe more domestically focused **FTSE 250** also edged lower, ending the session **down 0.16%**, underlining ongoing caution around the UK economic outlook despite recent interest rate cuts.\n\nWith markets now closed for Christmas, attention will turn to whether late-December optimism can re-emerge when trading resumes — and whether Santa might yet make a delayed appearance in the New Year."}