As it happened: FTSE 100 slides as oil surges to five-month high FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Friday morning and London’s blue-chip index is set for a flat open as pressures on markets persist. The price of a barrel of oil has surged to $114 per barrel, trading at its highest level in over five months. It follows escalating Houthi attacks on [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 losses ease as oil higher after Saudi drone attack FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. London’s blue-chip index is sliding this morning after a shaky week for trading. Oil pressures have climbed higher after a drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field killed two people. The incident renewed tensions in the Middle East and heightened concerns over further disruptions to [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 slides on market pressures; Google Cloud outage FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. London’s blue-chip index are extending Monday’s losses after a bruising showing following tension in European bond markets. A bond-sell off hit Europe following tensions in France after the Prime Minister introduced a curfew to contain explosive riots. The 10-year yield on French bonds – a direct [...]
Bond sell-off rocks Europe after France imposes curfew to contain riots October 19, 2026 European bond and equity markets were hit by a fresh sell-off on Monday as the French government rolled out curfews to contain explosive riots that have spread across the country. The 10-year yield on French bonds – a direct reflection of the government’s cost to borrow – spiked around 13 basis points to 4.9 per [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 edges up as tech rebounds from sell-off; Oil set for weekly gain October 16, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. London’s blue-chip index has dipped this morning as tech stocks rebound after a sell-off earlier in the week. Over in Asia, equities bounced back overnight, reversing some of the losses from a heavy selling session after investors ditched their tech exposure following questions around cloud company [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 gains; oil rises despite Trump’s Russian diesel deal October 12, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. The UK’s blue-chip index is set to make gains on Monday morning, picking up where Friday’s rally left off. Oil prices fell in early trading, as Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil – dipped below $104 per barrel following President Trump’s plans to import [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 rallies as oil falls back after Trump’s Iran war pledge October 9, 2026 Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Donald Trump has said the US has engaged in “productive discussions” with Iran and would refrain from attacking the country before the midterm elections, bringing relief to the oil market. It’s taken the price of Brent crude back slightly, though it has remained around $103 per barrel after [...]
As it happened: Oil surges after Trump says he doesn’t ‘really want’ Iran peace October 8, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 liveblog. The FTSE 100 has returned to the red after markets were hit by the spiking price of oil this week that led to a global bond sell-off. The UK’s 10-year gilt yield rose ten basis point yesterday before giving up some gains to settle seven basis points higher at [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 slide as oil price jumps; Global bond yields higher October 7, 2026 Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 liveblog. Global markets are swimming in the red as the price of oil trends higher following tensions in the Middle East offsetting a rise in supply. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – tipped over $101 per barrel on Wednesday following intensified attacks on tankers in the [...]
Emerging markets buck investor woes as equity funds shunned October 7, 2026 Investors may have cut their exposure to equities in favour of bonds and fixed income holdings, but emerging markets defied the trend. UK investors withdrew £858m from equity funds in September, marking the fifteenth month of outflows in the last sixteen, according to the latest fund flow index from Calastone. Since the start of the [...]