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  • FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to jump as Trump hints at Hormuz deal; UK recession warning

    FTSE 100 Live

    Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The London stock market looks set to start the new week on the front foot after Donald Trump hinted a deal between US and Iran on the Strait of Hormuz is near. The US President has said that Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Iran have asked him [...]

    Donald Trump speaking at a desk, gesturing with hands, wearing a dark suit and red tie.
  • Shell launches bumper buyback after earnings more than double on Middle East turmoil

    Energy

    Shell has said it will continue its bumper share buyback programme after revealing the Iran war’s effect on oil prices and trading volumes helped it book near-record profit. The Anglo-Dutch giant’s net profit spiked to $9.8bn between April and July, more than double the same period last year and beating analyst estimates. Shares were up [...]

    Shell CEO Wael Sawan in a boardroom setting, highlighting his reported £4.5m pay boost under new remuneration policy.
  • Trump warns Iran: ‘We’re going to beat the f***ing s*** out of them’

    Politics

    Donald Trump has vowed to hit back at Iran after it launched “surprise” strikes against US forces in the Middle East last night. “We’re going to beat the f***ing s*** out of them. We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating,” the US President told Fox News on Wednesday. Oil prices have [...]

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  • Exclusive: Saudi ship struck by Houthis had insurance from Lloyd’s insurance giant

    July 25, 2026

    Insurance giant Gallagher had insured one of two ships that were attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea, which caused a fire to break out on board and made the ship return to port. The Lloyd’s of London broker had organised cover for the affected vessel, which was one of a pair of tankers [...]

  • As it happened: Stocks slip as oil hits $100 following Houthi attacks on tankers

    July 23, 2026

    Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. Stocks slipped on Thursday morning as oil surged back to $100 per barrel for the first time since May. Brent crude barrelled up after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea. The US last night launched its [...]

  • Oil prices return to crisis levels

    July 22, 2026

    Oil prices have returned to levels not seen since the beginning of June, after both the US and Iran warned that hopes of a return to peace negotiations were premature. The spot price of Brent crude broke $95 a barrel on Wednesday morning for the first time since the warring parties agreed a 60-day ceasefire [...]

  • As it happened: Stocks rise but oil tops $95; inflation eases

    July 22, 2026

    Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Wednesday and new Chancellor John Healey secured an early boost after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that inflation slowed in June. Headline CPI inflation dipped from 2.8 per cent in May to 2.6 per cent in June. Grant Fitzner, chief economist at the [...]

  • As it happened: Stocks rally as defence shares surge on John Healey as Chancellor

    July 21, 2026

    Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Tuesday and the markets have been adjusting to the first full day of Andy Burnham’s Labour government. Burnham shocked Westminster and the City on Monday evening when he appointed John Healey as his Chancellor, just weeks after he had resigned in protest as defence secretary. [...]

  • Temporary inflation slowdown set to boost Burnham

    July 19, 2026

    Inflation is expected to have eased last month in a welcome but temporary boost for Andy Burnham’s incoming government.  The headline rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation is tipped to have eased from 2.8 per cent in May to 2.6 per cent in June, according to some economists.  The latest rate of inflation will [...]

  • Burnham to approve North Sea oil and gas drilling in policy blitz

    July 17, 2026

    Incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is set to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea within days of taking office as part of a policy blitz, according to reports. Burnham’s team has asked the civil service to draw up plans to approve drilling projects at the Jackdaw gas field and Rosebank [...]

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