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London pre-open: Stocks to fall ahead of payrolls

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Friday 07 Aug 2026

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to fall at the open on Friday as investors mulled the conditions attached to a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and eyed the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
The FTSE 100 was called to open around 15 points lower. At 0730 BST,...

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