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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jeremy Cutler

Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike

Weakness in the bond market was partly attributed to Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle (Jack Taylor/PA) - (PA Wire)

Stocks in London fell sharply on Tuesday and the pound sank, unnerved by a renewed spike in bond yields.

“Warning lights are flashing about increasingly tricky economic conditions and geopolitical risk,” said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown.

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