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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jeremy Cutler

Stocks slide, oil jumps after Israel strikes Iran

The oil price soared on Friday (PA) - (PA Archive)

The oil price soared and stocks slumped on Friday after Israel launched dozens of air strikes against Iran, ramping up tensions in the Middle East.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 34.29 points, 0.4%, at 8,850.63. The FTSE 250 ended 237.33 points lower, 1.1%, at 21,149.36, and the AIM All-Share lost 4.45 points, 0.6%, at 761.43.

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