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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Emma Curzon

Stocks close down as oil rises and gold retreats

The Bank of England decided to leave the UK’s interest rates unchanged (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

Stock prices in London and Europe closed firmly in the red on Thursday as markets continued to track developments in the Iran war, and digest this week’s interest rate decisions so far, before China’s is released later.

The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged late on Wednesday, as did the European Central Bank and the Bank of England on Thursday. The People’s Bank of China releases its own rate decision at 1.15am UK time on Friday.

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