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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jeremy Cutler

Miners prosper while oil drops on new Middle East peace hopes

Talk of a Middle East peace deal saw oil prices dip (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Archive)

The FTSE 100 made steady progress on Tuesday as oil prices fell amid renewed talk of a peace deal in the Middle East.

The FTSE 100 index closed up 21.68 points, or 0.2%, at 10,879.38. The FTSE 250 ended up 234.53 points, 1.0%, at 24,459.30, while the AIM All-Share closed up 5.75 points, 0.8%, at 774.36.

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