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London pre-open: Stocks seen down amid renewed US-Iran hostilities

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Wednesday 02 Sep 2026

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to fall at the open on Wednesday amid renewed hostilities between the US and Iran.
The FTSE 100 was called to open around 40 points lower. At 0725 BST, Brent crude was up 1% at $95.56 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate was 0.6%...

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