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FTSE 100 closes at 3-month high as energy and defensive stocks rise

By Reuters News

Nov 13 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 closed at three-month highs on Friday, lifted by energy and consumer stocks, as a wobble in the global AI trade pushed investor towards defensive sectors.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE closed up 0.4%, touching its highest since early August. The midcap FTSE 250 .FTMC dipped 0.4%.

  • US stock indexes fell as concerns about Nvidia's NVDA.O leadership and AI financing reignited a selloff in technology shares .N

  • However, broader European stocks .STOXX were trading near record highs, helped by a relative lack of technology firms in the region

  • British healthcare heavyweights AstraZeneca AZN.L and GSK GSK.L - seen as defensive companies that are relatively insulated from economic cycles - nudged higher

  • The FTSE 350 utilities index .FTUB6510 rose 1.1%, with Centrica CNA.L jumping 3.8% to lead sectoral gains

  • Oil majors BP BP.L and Shell SHEL.L gained about 1.5% each as crude prices edged higher following strikes on Saudi Arabian infrastructure by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and attacks on tankers shipping crude out of the Gulf O/R

  • Aviva AV.L rose 3.4% after the British insurer posted a 19% rise in general insurance premiums for the first nine months of 2026

  • Investors digested softer-than-expected US producer price data for October, but continued to price in a 25-basis-point interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve in December

  • UK inflation readings and employment figures are scheduled to be released next week

  • The Bank of England increased its main lending rate earlier this month, and traders are pricing in an over 84% chance of another 25-basis-point hike next month, according to data compiled by LSEG

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