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Company snapshot — Monks Investment Trust PLC

MNKS.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Monks Investment Trust is a closed-ended fund run by Baillie Gifford that buys public equities worldwide, favouring growth companies whose earnings expand faster than average across a range of sectors and sizes. Its returns are judged against the FTSE World Index, and it has operated from Edinburgh since being established in 1929.
Where it sits in the stack
Monks holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; within our broader universe it belongs to the asset-management sleeve of financial services, where it acts as a diversified global growth vehicle rather than a supplier or customer inside any layer.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no assigned peer group for Monks; the comparison investors most often draw is with Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, another Baillie Gifford global growth trust.
Why Closelook tracks it
Monks carries no seat in our index, no Closelook score, and no quotes or edition mentions in the diary's archive, so its coverage here rests only on its chart behaviour rather than any index or scoring record.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares hold their recent gain above the 200-day average or slip back toward the 52-week high they remain a few percent below.

Monks Investment Trust PLC (MNKS.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for MNKS.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · UK · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · UK

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against MNKS.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Monks Investment Trust PLC (MNKS.L)?

Monks Investment Trust PLC trades as MNKS.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is MNKS.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Monks Investment Trust PLC is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does MNKS.L trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.2% vs the 50-day and +4.4% vs the 200-day average, 3% below the 52-week high and +18.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Monks Investment Trust PLC do?

Monks Investment Trust is a closed-ended fund run by Baillie Gifford that buys public equities worldwide, favouring growth companies whose earnings expand faster than average across a range of sectors and sizes. Its returns are judged against the FTSE World Index, and it has operated from Edinburgh since being established in 1929. The diary has no assigned peer group for Monks; the comparison investors most often draw is with Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, another Baillie Gifford global growth trust.

Where does Monks Investment Trust PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Monks holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; within our broader universe it belongs to the asset-management sleeve of financial services, where it acts as a diversified global growth vehicle rather than a supplier or customer inside any layer. Monks carries no seat in our index, no Closelook score, and no quotes or edition mentions in the diary's archive, so its coverage here rests only on its chart behaviour rather than any index or scoring record.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MNKS.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Asset Management. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.