【每日晨读金融时报】6Jan26 英语口语听力 附原文及实用单词短语

UK com­pan­ies attrac­ted a surge of interest from for­eign buy­ers eager to cap­it­al­ise on cheap valu­ations this year, driv­ing Brit­ish deal­mak­ing to a post­pan­demic high.Over­seas bid­ders agreed $142bn in takeovers of Brit­ish com­pan­ies, accord­ing to data from the Lon­don Stock Exchange Group — a 74 per cent uptick from 2024. The sharp rise out­paced a 20 per cent increase in over­all UK mer­gers and acquis­i­tions to a total value of $367bn, the highest level since the pan­demic-era boom.“The UK stock mar­ket remains mater­i­ally under­val­ued,” said Philip Noblet, head of UK and Ire­land invest­ment bank­ing at Jef­fer­ies.“The rat­ings are still poor [com­pared] to rival com­pan­ies in the US but also in Europe, so people keep com­ing . . . We’re going to see more stra­tegic interest from over­seas in 2026 and for big­ger com­pan­ies,” he added.