Oil prices rose for a third day on Thursday on growing concerns that the US could launch a military attack on key Middle Eastern producer Iran, disrupting supplies from the region. Brent crude futures rose 50 cents, or 0.73%, to $68.9 a barrel by 0216 GMT, but U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 58 cents, […]
London’s FTSE 100 hit an intraday record high on Thursday, lifted by oil stocks and positive results from leading companies such as LSEG and Rentokil. The commodity-rich FTSE 100 index rose as much as 0.7% to a record high of 9,579.07 points. By 1200 GMT the price was up 0.6%. Oil giants Shell and BP […]