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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jeremy Cutler

FTSE 100 edges up amid cautious US-Iran optimism

Stocks gained encouragement from lower oil prices as investors weighed the latest developments in the Middle East (John Walton/PA) - (PA Archive)

The FTSE 100 posted modest gains on Friday while the oil price fell amid guarded optimism about a Middle East peace deal.

The FTSE 100 closed up 22.79 points, 0.2%, at 10,466.26.

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