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London pre-open: FTSE seen up amid US-Iran peace hopes; UK retail sales, borrowing in focus

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Friday 22 May 2026

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to rise at the open on Friday amid renewed hopes of a peace deal between the US and Iran.
The FTSE 100 was called to open around 0.4% higher.

Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote, said: "Yesterday morning in Europe, the news that...

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