FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to dip amid Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade

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Markets are returning from the weekend to a major blow in hopes of a ceasefire in the Middle East.

After Donald Trump revealed his two-week reprieve on strikes whilst negotiations begin, those very talks now look to be hanging by a thread.

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