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The blue-chip index rose 0.2% to 9,951.14 after touching an intraday record of 10,052, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 slipped 0.27% to 22,409.21.

Axel Rudolph, senior technical analyst at IG, said the FTSE 100’s brief move above the milestone level was “a powerful signal for UK markets, reflecting ongoing confidence in earnings resilience, attractive valuations and the growing appeal of UK equities to international investors at a time when policy headwinds are beginning to ease”.

He added that while gains could become “choppier in 2026”, the index remained “fundamentally supported by globally diversified earnings, strong cash generation and the prospect of a more accommodative Bank of England”.

Trading volumes remained thin as many investors stayed on the sidelines over the New Year holiday, with little in the way of major corporate or macroeconomic catalysts.

Attention was already shifting to next week’s data calendar, where US jobs numbers were expected to set the tone for global markets.

In currency markets, sterling edged 0.14% higher against the dollar to $1.3474 but fell 0.21% versus the euro to €1.1484.

UK manufacturing improves in December, house price growth falters

Economic data pointed to tentative improvement in UK manufacturing at the end of 2025.

The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI rose to 50.6 in December from 50.2 in November, a 15-month high and a second consecutive month above the 50.0 expansion threshold, though below the earlier flash estimate of 51.2.

Output increased for a third straight month and new orders rose for the first time since September 2024, supported by stock building, clearing backlogs and a modest uplift in new business.

S&P Global said uncertainty linked to the Autumn Budget, tariffs and the JLR cyber-attack had eased, while output expanded across consumer, intermediate and investment goods for the first time since August 2024, led by large manufacturers.

Export orders fell for a forty-seventh month but at one of the weakest rates in that sequence, with signs of recovering demand from the US, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Employment continued to fall for a 14th month, albeit at the slowest pace, while price pressures picked up as input cost inflation accelerated.

Rob Dobson of S&P Global Market Intelligence said the data pointed to “further signs of growth”, though he cautioned that sustainability remained uncertain and business optimism slipped.

UK house price growth meanwhile softened further in December, with Nationwide reporting the weakest annual increase in 20 months.

The house price index slipped 0.4% on the month to 543.0, with average prices easing to £271,068, just 0.6% higher than a year earlier compared with 1.8% growth in November.

Nationwide’s chief economist Robert Gardner said prices “ended 2025 on a softer note” but described the market overall as “resilient”, noting that mortgage approvals remained near pre-Covid levels despite subdued sentiment and higher borrowing costs.

For the fourth quarter, prices rose 1.7%, with most regions seeing modest gains, led by Northern Ireland with 9.7% year-on-year growth, while East Anglia recorded a 0.8% annual decline.

On the continent, eurozone manufacturing weakened, with the HCOB manufacturing PMI falling to 48.8 in December from 49.6, a nine-month low, and the output index dropping into contraction at 48.9.

HCOB said new orders fell at the fastest pace in almost a year, though year-ahead optimism improved.

Chief economist Cyrus de la Rubia said firms were facing “significantly fewer orders” and continued to cut staff, but added there was hope that German stimulus and rising defence spending could support activity in 2026.

Miners and banks rise amid dearth of corporate news

In equities, miners advanced as metal prices remained elevated, with Fresnillo up 0.54% and Glencore gaining 2.53%.

Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, said the FTSE 100’s surge to 10,000 came “immediately after rounding off a tremendous year for UK shares”, calling it “a historic moment” that already made 2026 “one of the most significant years for the blue-chip index since its launch in 1984”.

He said the UK market had benefited from investors looking “away from the US for opportunities” and towards “cheaper areas of the market”, adding that the FTSE 100 had “shone during the more tumultuous periods thanks to its plethora of defensive-style companies”.

Banks also traded higher, led by HSBC Holdings up 1.01%, Lloyds Banking Group rising 1.69% and NatWest Group adding 0.89%.

Coatsworth noted that criticism of the UK as an “old economy market” overlooked the appeal of “slow but steady growth” and reliable income, adding that “boring can also be beautiful when it comes to investing”.

Corporate news was limited, though Seeing Machines surged 13.7% after announcing a new Future Mobility Group aimed at supporting demand from the autonomous driving sector, while Invinity Energy Systems climbed 6.67% after securing two new 20MWh battery storage sales in Hungary for delivery in the first half of 2026.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Market Movers

FTSE 100 9,951.14 0.20%

FTSE 250 22,409.21 -0.27%

techMARK 5,611.19 -0.23%

FTSE 100 - Risers

InterContinental Hotels Group 138.45p 32.36%

Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,197.00p 4.09%

Burberry Group 1,319.50p 3.74%

Metlen Energy & Metals 45.85p 3.73%

Melrose Industries 610.00p 3.67%

Centrica 174.35p 2.83%

St James's Place 1,423.50p 2.82%

Babcock International Group 1,273.00p 2.41%

SSE 2,231.00p 2.39%

BAE Systems (BA.) 1,754.00p 2.33%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI) 6,570.00p -4.09%

The Sage Group 1,050.00p -3.05%

Pearson 1,019.50p -2.90%

Games Workshop Group 18,440.00p -2.54%

Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI) 3,768.00p -1.93%

Auto Trader Group 575.40p -1.88%

DCC (CDI) 4,544.00p -1.86%

Beazley 819.50p -1.80%

Hiscox Limited (DI) 1,402.00p -1.76%

Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,523.00p -1.74%

FTSE 250 - Risers

Oxford Biomedica 655.00p 6.16%

BlackRock World Mining Trust 835.00p 3.86%

W.A.G Payment Solutions 109.00p 3.81%

Senior 202.00p 3.70%

Fidelity China Special Situations 311.00p 3.15%

Investec 568.50p 3.08%

AEP Plantations 1,400.00p 2.55%

Johnson Matthey 2,184.00p 2.44%

Energean 903.50p 2.37%

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund 673.00p 2.28%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Endeavour Mining 3,650.00p -5.73%

GB Group 244.50p -4.86%

Hochschild Mining 489.60p -4.65%

Trustpilot Group (TRST) 157.80p -4.20%

Playtech 271.50p -3.88%

Lancashire Holdings Limited 617.00p -3.74%

AO World (AO.) 109.20p -3.53%

NCC Group 134.40p -3.45%

Big Yellow Group 1,012.00p -3.25%

Me Group International 146.60p -3.18%

By 1200 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.52% at 9,983.34, while the more domestically-focussed FTSE 250 slipped 0.26% to 22,411.54.

The blue-chip index had earlier touched an intraday record of 10,052.

Axel Rudolph, senior technical analyst at IG, said the move above 10,000 was “a powerful signal for UK markets,” reflecting “ongoing confidence in earnings resilience, attractive valuations and the growing appeal of UK equities to international investors at a time when policy headwinds are beginning to ease.”

He added that while performance may be “choppier in 2026,” the index remained “fundamentally supported by globally diversified earnings, strong cash generation and the prospect of a more accommodative Bank of England.”

Trading volumes remained thin as many investors stayed on the sidelines over the New Year holiday, with little in the way of major corporate or macroeconomic catalysts.

Attention was already shifting to next week’s data calendar, where US jobs numbers were expected to set the tone for global markets.

Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, said the milestone had capped “a tremendous year for UK shares,” adding: “It’s time to break out the champagne as UK stock markets have delivered a New Year’s treat.”

Manufacturing data tentatively positive, house price growth slows

Economic data showed tentative improvement in the UK manufacturing sector at the end of 2025.

The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI rose to a 15-month high of 50.6 in December from 50.2 in November, remaining above the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction, although below the earlier flash estimate of 51.2.

Output increased for a third consecutive month and new orders rose for the first time since September 2024, supported largely by stock building and efforts to clear backlogs.

S&P said manufacturers faced fewer headwinds as uncertainty linked to the Autumn Budget, tariffs and the JLR cyber-attack began to ease, though employment continued to fall for a 14th month and export orders declined for a 47th month, albeit at one of the slowest rates in that sequence.

House price data meanwhile pointed to a cooling housing market.

Nationwide said annual UK house price growth slowed to 0.6% in December, the weakest rate since April 2024, as its index fell 0.4% on the month to 543.0 and average prices eased to £271,068.

The lender’s chief economist Robert Gardner said prices “ended 2025 on a softer note” but described the housing market as resilient overall, with mortgage approvals near pre-pandemic levels despite subdued consumer sentiment and higher borrowing costs.

Elsewhere, eurozone manufacturing remained under pressure, with the HCOB manufacturing PMI falling to a nine-month low of 48.8 in December from 49.6.

Production slipped back into contraction and new orders fell at the fastest pace in almost a year, though business optimism for the year ahead improved.

HCOB chief economist Cyrus de la Rubia said companies continued to cut staff amid weak demand, but noted hopes that German stimulus and higher European defence spending could support the sector in 2026.

In commodities, oil prices were little changed after suffering their biggest annual loss in five years in 2025.

Brent crude was down 0.4% on Friday morning to $60.68 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate fell 0.4% to $57.24.

Precious metals remained strong, with silver up 4.8% at $74.02 an ounce after a 148% surge last year, gold futures rising 1.4% to $4,402.90 an ounce, copper up 0.9% at $573.45 a pound and platinum jumping 3.1% to $2,126.06 an ounce.

Coatsworth noted that “the sharp rise in the price of gold and silver” has been one of the key tailwinds for the FTSE 100, benefiting miners such as Fresnillo.

Miners and banks among the gainers on a quiet Friday

In equities, miners were among the top performers as metal prices stayed near record highs, with Fresnillo, Glencore and Anglo American all advancing.

Banks also traded higher, led by gains in HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group.

Coatsworth said the FTSE 100’s strong showing over the past year reflected its “diverse range of industries offering a tonic to investors who started to get the jitters about tech stocks,” adding that overseas investors have increasingly “looked away from the US for opportunities” and towards “cheaper areas of the market, of which the UK is one.”

Corporate news was otherwise limited, though Seeing Machines rose more than 8% after announcing a new Future Mobility Group to support demand from the autonomous driving sector, while Invinity Energy Systems edged higher after securing two new 20MWh battery storage sales in Hungary for delivery in the first half of 2026.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Market Movers

FTSE 100 9,981.90 0.51%

FTSE 250 22,411.94 -0.26%

techMARK 5,624.52 0.01%

FTSE 100 - Risers

InterContinental Hotels Group 141.95p 35.71%

Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,187.00p 3.22%

Burberry Group 1,301.00p 2.52%

Fresnillo 3,410.00p 2.28%

Babcock International Group 1,270.00p 2.17%

Glencore 415.30p 2.15%

BAE Systems (BA.) 1,744.50p 1.78%

Melrose Industries 598.40p 1.70%

Airtel Africa 360.80p 1.58%

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) 420.80p 1.57%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Auto Trader Group 574.00p -2.11%

British Land Company 396.80p -1.73%

Convatec Group 239.40p -1.56%

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI) 6,750.00p -1.46%

Bunzl 2,046.00p -1.45%

Games Workshop Group 18,650.00p -1.43%

Rightmove 512.40p -1.39%

British American Tobacco 4,163.00p -1.21%

Smith & Nephew (SN.) 1,225.00p -1.09%

Next 13,535.00p -1.06%

FTSE 250 - Risers

BlackRock World Mining Trust 832.00p 3.48%

Princes Group 464.50p 3.22%

Ocado Group 242.80p 2.88%

Fidelity China Special Situations 309.00p 2.49%

Pacific Horizon Inv Trust 799.00p 2.44%

Schroder Asia Pacific Fund 673.00p 2.28%

Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company 572.00p 2.14%

Templeton Emerging Markets Inv Trust 240.00p 2.13%

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited 69.90p 2.04%

Harbour Energy H 200.40p 1.93%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

IntegraFin Holding 347.00p -3.61%

Kier Group 214.50p -3.38%

Marshalls 174.60p -3.32%

Big Yellow Group 1,012.00p -3.25%

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI) 164.20p -2.73%

GB Group 250.00p -2.72%

RHI Magnesita N.V. (DI) 2,705.00p -2.70%

Lancashire Holdings Limited 626.00p -2.34%

Hays 55.00p -2.31%

Pets at Home Group 193.50p -2.27%

The FTSE 100 rose 0.75% to 10,005.66 by 0831 GMT, pushing above the 10,000 level after closing 2025 just shy of that mark, while the FTSE 250 added 0.23% to 22,522.20.

It came despite a subdued backdrop, with trading volumes expected to remain thin as many investors stayed away for the New Year holiday and with little in the way of major corporate or economic catalysts.

Looking ahead, attention was set to shift quickly to next week’s data calendar, with US jobs numbers expected to set the tone for global markets.

Michael Hewson at MCH Market Insights said recent payroll data had already highlighted a loss of momentum in the US labour market, noting that “clear signs that the US labour market, after a strong H1, has seen a sharp slowdown in H2,” with hiring weakening further in recent months.

He added that the slowdown “is also being reflected in the ADP jobs report which has seen similar weakness in recent months, with three of the last four months showing a decline in hiring,” underlining why the December non-farm payrolls report could prove pivotal for sentiment.

In the UK, investors were also focused on a heavy slate of retail earnings, including updates from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Next, Marks & Spencer and Greggs, expected to provide an early indication of consumer spending over the crucial Christmas period.

Hewson cautioned that the final quarter may prove challenging for discretionary names, saying that for Next “this last quarter is likely to be a challenging one given the lead-up to the budget which took place at the end of November, and the prevailing gloom which has seen a sharp slowdown in consumer spending in the last few weeks,” despite the retailer having been a “relative outlier over the past few quarters.”

UK house price growth slows at the end of 2025

On the economic front, UK house price growth slowed sharply at the end of last year, according to fresh data from Nationwide.

The lender’s monthly house price index fell to 543.0 in December from 545.2 in November, with average prices easing to £271,068.

Annual house price growth slowed to 0.6%, down from 1.8% in November and marking the weakest year-on-year increase since April 2024.

Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardner said prices “ended 2025 on a softer note”, though he noted that the slowdown partly reflected the strong 4.7% annual growth recorded in December 2024.

“Despite the softer end to the year, the word that best describes the housing market in 2025 overall is ‘resilient’,” Gardner said, adding that mortgage approvals remained near pre-Covid levels despite subdued consumer sentiment and mortgage rates running at around three times their post-pandemic lows.

For the fourth quarter as a whole, UK house prices rose 1.7%, with modest annual growth across most regions.

East Anglia was the exception, where prices fell 0.8%, marking the first annual regional decline since the second quarter of 2024.

Northern Ireland continued to outperform, with prices up 9.7% year on year.

Gardner said that despite these gains, prices in Northern Ireland remained around 5% below their 2007 peak, while UK prices are almost 50% higher over the same period, leaving the typical Northern Irish home priced at around 79% of the UK average, compared with around 25% above the average in 2007.

Small-cap tech firms among the morning’s movers

Corporate news was sparse within the FTSE 350, though among smaller stocks, vision-based monitoring technology group Seeing Machines slipped after announcing the creation of a dedicated Future Mobility Group to support growing demand from the autonomous driving sector, aimed at working with customers as self-driving vehicle programmes scale globally.

Battery manufacturer Invinity Energy Systems meanwhile edged higher after securing two new sales totalling 20MWh to Hungarian partner Ideona, comprising two Endurium systems due for delivery in the first half of 2026 for solar-plus-storage projects, marking its fourth and fifth sales into the Hungarian market and a repeat order from the customer.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Market Movers

FTSE 100 10,005.48 0.75%

FTSE 250 22,520.47 0.22%

techMARK 5,655.12 0.55%

FTSE 100 - Risers

InterContinental Hotels Group 146.00p 39.58%

Fresnillo 3,500.00p 4.98%

Melrose Industries 610.40p 3.74%

Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,181.50p 2.74%

Entain 785.80p 2.50%

Croda International 2,756.00p 2.26%

Burberry Group 1,297.50p 2.25%

Antofagasta 3,345.00p 2.01%

Glencore 414.50p 1.96%

Babcock International Group 1,267.00p 1.93%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

British American Tobacco 4,150.00p -1.52%

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI) 6,780.00p -1.02%

British Land Company 400.40p -0.84%

Smith & Nephew (SN.) 1,229.50p -0.73%

SEGRO 717.00p -0.47%

DCC (CDI) 4,610.00p -0.43%

Auto Trader Group 584.20p -0.38%

Imperial Brands 3,108.00p -0.35%

Legal & General Group 261.10p -0.31%

Flutter Entertainment (DI) 16,090.00p -0.25%

FTSE 250 - Risers

Ocado Group 244.90p 3.77%

Diversified Energy Company (DI) 1,110.00p 3.26%

Princes Group 463.50p 3.00%

Pan African Resources 124.40p 2.81%

Baltic Classifieds Group 208.00p 2.46%

Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Limited 67.40p 2.43%

BlackRock World Mining Trust 823.00p 2.36%

Hochschild Mining 525.50p 2.34%

Fidelity China Special Situations 308.50p 2.32%

Currys 128.90p 2.30%

FTSE 250 - Fallers

Big Yellow Group 1,018.00p -2.68%

IntegraFin Holding 351.00p -2.50%

Target Healthcare Reit Ltd 95.70p -1.95%

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI) 166.00p -1.66%

Unite Group 551.00p -1.52%

Wickes Group (WIX) 232.00p -1.28%

Johnson Service Group 133.40p -1.19%

Coats Group 83.50p -1.18%

RHI Magnesita N.V. (DI) 2,750.00p -1.08%

Caledonia Investments 377.00p -1.05%

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (the "Company")

Completion of Share Buyback Programme

The Company today announces that it has completed the share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 14 February 2025 to purchase up to a maximum aggregate amount of EUR 1 billion of the Company's ordinary shares.

The Company announces that 12,718,173 ordinary shares were repurchased under the Programme, for aggregate consideration of approximately EUR 999,998,769.23.[1]

As a result, the Company has returned EUR 999,998,769.23 to its shareholders through the completion of the Programme.

CONTACTS

• Company Secretariat

  Clare Wardle

  clare.wardle@ccep.com

• Investor Relations

  Sarah Willett

  sarah.willett@ccep.com

• Media Relations

  Shanna Wendt

  mediaenquiries@ccep.com

ABOUT CCEP

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies. We make, move and sell some of the world's most loved brands - serving nearly 600 million consumers and helping over 4 million customers across 31 countries grow.

We combine the strength and scale of a large, multi-national business with an expert, local knowledge of the customers we serve and communities we support.

The Company is currently listed on Euronext Amsterdam, NASDAQ (and a constituent of the NASDAQ 100), London Stock Exchange and on the Spanish Stock Exchanges, trading under the symbol CCEP (ISIN No. GB00BDCPN049).

For more information about CCEP, please visit www.cocacolaep.com and follow CCEP on LinkedIn

[1] The aggregate consideration of approximately EUR 999,998,769.23 is comprised of USD 832,273,272 spent on acquiring shares on the US Trading Venues (which comprise Nasdaq and other applicable US trading venues) and GBP 234,969,006 spent on acquiring depository interests on the London Trading Venues (which comprise the London Stock Exchange, CBOE Europe Limited (BXE), CBOE Europe Limited (CXE) and Aquis) over the course of the Programme.

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (the "Company")

Transactions in Own Shares

The Company confirms that on 19 December 2025 it purchased a total of: (i) 35,935 ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 ("ordinary shares") on the US Trading Venues[1] from Jefferies LLC, and (ii) 0 ordinary shares on the London Trading Venues[2] from Jefferies International Limited, as detailed below.

The repurchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 14 February 2025 (the "Programme"). In connection with the Programme, the Company expects to repurchase up to EUR 1 billion of ordinary shares (in aggregate).

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), full details of the transactions, are set out in the Schedule to this announcement available through the link below:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3768M_1-2025-12-21.pdf

CONTACTS

• Company Secretariat

  Clare Wardle

  clare.wardle@ccep.com

• Investor Relations

  Sarah Willett

  sarah.willett@ccep.com

• Media Relations

  Shanna Wendt

  mediaenquiries@ccep.com

ABOUT CCEP

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies. We make, move and sell some of the world's most loved brands - serving nearly 600 million consumers and helping over 4 million customers across 31 countries grow.

We combine the strength and scale of a large, multi-national business with an expert, local knowledge of the customers we serve and communities we support.

The Company is currently listed on Euronext Amsterdam, NASDAQ (and a constituent of the NASDAQ 100), London Stock Exchange and on the Spanish Stock Exchanges, trading under the symbol CCEP (ISIN No. GB00BDCPN049).

For more information about CCEP, please visit www.cocacolaep.com and follow CCEP on LinkedIn

[1] The "US Trading Venues" comprise Nasdaq and other applicable US trading venues.

[2] The "London Trading Venues" comprise the London Stock Exchange, CBOE Europe Limited (BXE), CBOE Europe Limited (CXE) and Aquis. Jefferies International Limited acquired CREST Depositary Interests on the London Trading Venues, which will be cancelled together with the underlying shares they represent.

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