India, Aug. 17 -- UK Stock Market Forecast Today (August 17, 2026): UK stocks are set to begin their session today with a rise of 0.2%, according to futures that indicate FTSE 100 Index is trading at 10,769.41, which is 19 points above its previous session. The rally comes after the FTSE 100 index fell by 1.4% last week to end the week slightly down by 0.21% to 10,750.11. Sentiment on the market has become positive owing to cool economic data coming out of the US.

UK Stock Market Forecast Today (August 17): Will FTSE 100 Open Higher Today?

FTSE 100 stock futures indicated that the London stocks were likely to start off higher on Monday, trading up 0.2 percent to 10,769.41 after having ended the previous week lower by 1.4 percent to 10,7...