FTSE 100 Gains as US Tech Stocks Slide

The FTSE 100 closed up 0.4% on Friday, November 13, 2026, maintaining stability despite a significant sell-off in United States technology stocks. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.4% as investors reacted to the departure of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and a global outage affecting Microsoft 365 and Outlook services.

Microsoft Corporation attributed the service disruption to infrastructure load and stated that malicious activity was not the cause. In the broader AI sector, the lab Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering that could raise up to 100 billion dollars, which would potentially be the largest listing in history.

Economic pressure mounted in the United States after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that annual wholesale inflation hit its highest level since November 2022. This data has increased expectations that the Federal Reserve System will implement an interest rate hike in December. In London, market performance was mixed, with Aviva and Wise seeing gains while WH Smith and Dr Martens declined after reporting disappointing financial results.