UK markets: 28 October 2026
UK's market day: interest rates and borrowing, prices, jobs and the economy, companies and shares. Follow the news, check the price snapshots and see what to watch next.
The day so far
On 28 October 2026, the collected news for UK covers interest rates and borrowing, prices, jobs and the economy, companies and shares. 48 reports are included so far. The latest is from Sky News Business: “US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms”
In the stored price snapshots, FTSE 100 was 10,694.5 (+0.07%; from the previous close on 2026-10-27). Each observation has its own time below; these are not necessarily prices from the same minute.
The price snapshots below show what was observed at the stated times. Read them alongside the news, rather than as proof that a particular headline moved the market. They are not live trading quotes or a forecast of the close.
How prices moved
STORED MARKET DATAFTSE 100
10,694.5+0.07%From the previous close on 2026-10-27
Europe/London · Yahoo Finance
These are dated observations, not live trading quotes. A price move alone does not tell us which news caused it.
What’s shaping the day
48 selected reports from 2 named sources. This is a selection of the latest collected coverage, not a complete record of the day. Repeated headlines are combined, and separate reports may share the same underlying source.
Interest rates and borrowing
- Sky News Business · 23:51US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms ↗
Why this can matter
This part of the day's coverage includes 1 report from Sky News Business. The linked headlines above show what each source reported.
Interest-rate news can change the cost of loans and the return on savings. For businesses, higher borrowing costs can make expansion more expensive. Lower rates can ease that pressure, but they can also reflect concern about a slowing economy.
A rate decision and the market's reaction are different things. Investors may have expected the decision already. The details of a central bank's statement, and what it says about the next few months, can matter as much as the headline rate.
Check the actual decision, the bank's explanation and the date it takes effect. A comment about possible future cuts is not a promise.
Prices, jobs and the economy
- HM Revenue and Customs · 19:22Official Statistics: UK trade in goods by business characteristics 2025 ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYUK overseas trade statistics (OTS) trade in goods data has been linked with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) business statistics.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 17:56Check employment related securities files ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYUse this service to check your files for formatting errors before submitting annual returns for employment related securities.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 17:56Late registrations for employment related securities ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYWhat to do if you miss the registration deadline for employment related securities.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 17:55How employment related securities work if you're an employer ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYUse employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.
Why this can matter
This part of the day's coverage includes 7 reports from HM Revenue and Customs. The linked headlines above show what each source reported.
Inflation tells us how quickly prices are changing. Jobs and spending reports help show how much demand there is in the economy. Together, these figures can change expectations for company sales, household budgets and interest rates.
One release rarely settles the whole picture. A monthly number can move around, earlier figures can be revised, and a strong headline can hide weaker details. Compare the same reporting period and check whether the source is describing a new result or changing an old one.
Look at the reporting month, any revisions and the next official release. A better number than last month is not necessarily better than investors expected.
Companies and shares
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:07Policy paper: Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2026): VAT and Climate Change Levy on electric vehicle charging for non-domestic use ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYThis brief explains that publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points and charging points at workplaces are not for domestic use for the purposes of VAT and Climate Change Levy.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:03Policy paper: Revenue and Customs Brief 12 (2026): VAT zero rate on donated medicines ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYThis brief explains when the zero rate of VAT applies to medicines supplied free of charge. This change applies from 23 June 2026.
Why this can matter
This part of the day's coverage includes 2 reports from HM Revenue and Customs. The linked headlines above show what each source reported.
Company news can affect a share price through profits, future sales, funding needs or changes in ownership. An index may also move when a large member moves, even if many smaller companies go the other way.
Read the company's own statement alongside the report. Higher revenue does not always mean higher profit, and a good past quarter does not guarantee a good next quarter. Plans, forecasts and completed deals should be treated differently.
Check which company and exchange the story concerns, the period covered and whether the figures are results or forecasts.
Crypto and digital assets
- HM Revenue and Customs · 17:36Policy paper: Cryptoasset loans and liquidity pools ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYThis measure is about the treatment of certain disposals involving cryptoasset loans and liquidity pools for Capital Gains Tax.
Why this can matter
This part of the day's coverage includes 1 report from HM Revenue and Customs. The linked headlines above show what each source reported.
Crypto trades around the clock. News about an exchange, a network, regulation or a large holder can affect different tokens in different ways. A Bitcoin headline does not automatically explain a move in every digital asset.
Price, network activity and the safety of a platform are separate questions. For upgrades or incidents, check what the project or service has actually confirmed. A proposal, an investigation and a completed action should not be presented as the same event.
Check the named network or platform, the status of the event and the time of the update. Keep trading risk separate from custody and counterparty risk.
Other market news
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:09Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for land or property transactions ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYFind out what the main Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) reliefs are for land or property transactions.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:06Guidance: Rates and allowances for Landfill Tax ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYFind out the rates of Landfill Tax payable on material disposed of at a landfill site.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:06Check if you need to pay Landfill Tax ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYFind out what landfill activities are taxable at your landfill site if you’re a landfill operator or controller and what rates you’ll pay.
- HM Revenue and Customs · 18:05Notice: Excise Notice LFT1: a general guide to Landfill Tax ↗
SOURCE SUMMARYThis notice gives you detailed information about Landfill Tax rules and your obligations.
Why this can matter
This part of the day's coverage includes 37 reports from HM Revenue and Customs. The linked headlines above show what each source reported.
Markets respond to several things at once: company results, policy, currencies and changes in risk appetite. The reports below add context to the day, but a headline appearing before a price move does not prove it caused that move.
Read the original source for the action, timing and conditions. In regulation, a proposal is different from a final rule. In a deal, an announcement is different from completion. These details determine when a report could matter to a business or investor.
Look for a dated official update and what still has to happen. Treat an unconfirmed report as an open question.
The day’s updates
Latest source updates first. Times use Europe/London. A headline can be updated after its first publication.
- Sky News Business · News wire · published
US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms ↗
The report mentions Bank of England
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Official Statistics: UK trade in goods by business characteristics 2025 ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for land or property transactions ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2026): VAT and Climate Change Levy on electric vehicle charging for non-domestic use ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Guidance: Rates and allowances for Landfill Tax ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Check if you need to pay Landfill Tax ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Notice: Excise Notice LFT1: a general guide to Landfill Tax ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Fuel and power (VAT Notice 701/19) ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Revenue and Customs Brief 12 (2026): VAT zero rate on donated medicines ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Stamp Duty Land Tax on Leasehold sales ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Guidance: Conveyancers: Lifetime ISA technical guidance ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Conveyancers: first time residential purchase with a Lifetime ISA ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Making Lifetime ISA withdrawal charges and charge-free withdrawals ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Lifetime ISAs for ISA managers ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Lifetime ISA withdrawals for a first time residential purchase ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Digital reporting for Lifetime ISAs ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Check employment related securities files ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Late registrations for employment related securities ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
How employment related securities work if you're an employer ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Capital gains: preventing protected cell company avoidance ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Stamp Duty Land Tax — Local Government Pension Scheme Relief ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Capital Gains Tax relief on gifts of business assets ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: VAT: electronic invoicing ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Securities Transfer Tax — modernisation of the Stamp Taxes on Shares Framework ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Exploitation rights ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Introduction of the Side-by-Side package and amendments to Multinational Top-up Tax and Domestic Top-up Tax ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Publishing details of deliberate defaulters reform ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Modernising the correction of errors ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Cryptoasset loans and liquidity pools ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Changes to reporting of benefits in kind from April 2027 ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Lifetime ISA withdrawal charge ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Reform of the foreign permanent establishment exemption ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: VAT changes following the abolition of NHS England ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) compliance package ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Corporation Tax treatment of investment life insurance contract payouts ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: High Value Council Tax Surcharge on residential properties ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI): simplification of the process to grant options ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: VAT online marketplace liability extension ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Excise duty — penalties for wrongdoing ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Reforming customs rules for low value imports ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Income Tax: company car tax rates for 2030 to 2032 ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Income Tax: Child Benefit overpayments and the High Income Child Benefit Charge ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Cultural Gift Scheme reform ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Income Tax reduction for eligible pensioners ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Air Passenger Duty and private jets ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemption for search and rescue vehicles ↗
From an official source in UK
- HM Revenue and Customs · Official update · updated
Policy paper: Changes to the promoters of tax avoidance scheme legislation ↗
From an official source in UK
How we put this story together
Montara selects relevant source reports and adds topic-based reading guidance. Supported official headlines also contribute source-linked figures and explanations; unstated reporting details remain unknown. Headlines belong to the named publishers. Price comparisons are calculated from stored observations. This page is assembled automatically; it does not establish that news caused a market move.
Headlines and marked source summaries come from the linked publishers. Figures in focus identify supported official headline values and explain their limits. The broader topic explanations are reading guides. No AI market forecast is presented on this page.