FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to fall as oil moves higher on US-Iran strikes escalation

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Markets were not getting too excited at the beginning of this week when Donald Trump said a peace deal with Iran was “very close”.

And last night’s exchange of strikes might explain why.

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