FTSE 100 Falls to Over 3-Week Low

2026-06-09 15:54 By Agna Gabriel 1 min. read

The FTSE 100 dropped more than 1% on Tuesday to its lowest level in over three weeks, pressured by broad declines across banks, healthcare and energy stocks.

HSBC Holdings fell around 4%, while Standard Chartered declined more than 5%.

Oil majors also weakened, with Shell down 1.8% and BP lower by 2.6%.

Healthcare stocks were mixed, with AstraZeneca losing 1.1% and GSK slipping 0.3% after concerns following its $10.6 billion acquisition of cancer drug developer Nuvalent.

BT shares fell more than 3% after reports that VodafoneThree is among bidders for TalkTalk’s consumer business, which serves around 1.75 million customers.

On the positive side, WPP gained more than 5% after receiving a broker upgrade.

Meanwhile, UK retail sales performed better than expected in May, supported by warmer weather that boosted demand for summer and outdoor products.

Like-for-like sales increased 3.4%, beating forecasts of 0.8% growth.



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