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Iran war pushes oil price above $90 threatening rise in global inflation
ByGraeme Wearden and Jillian Ambrose March 6, 2026

Reports Kuwait was cutting output pushed up cost of barrel of Brent crude to highest weekly gain since Covid pandemic beganThe Iran conflict has driven the oil price past $90 a barrel to its highest weekly gains since the Covid-19 pandemic six years ag…

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Stock market falls resume as US-Israel war with Iran drives up oil and gas prices
ByTom Knowles March 5, 2026

FTSE 100 and France’s CAC down 1.5%; Germany’s DAX and Italy’s FTSE MIB down 1.6%; the Dow Jones was down 2%Middle East crisis – live updatesA market sell-off resumed on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday as fears mounted that there would be no qui…

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Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia
ByJulia Kollewe March 5, 2026

Reports of attack on US registered tanker in Gulf lifts crude by 3% to $84 a barrel as gas price also starts to climbBusiness live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesStock markets have rebounded in Asia after days of heavy losses driven b…

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Iran conflict could have ‘very significant’ impact on UK economy, OBR warns; FTSE 100’s biggest fall in 11 months – as it happened
ByGraeme Wearden March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

Spring forecast show UK unempoyment to peak higher than feared, as tax take heads for a record, but headroom against fiscal rules has increasedSpring forecast: Reeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’ as 2026 growth downgradedUK grocery price in…

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Gas prices soar and oil jumps as Iran war pushes down global stock markets
ByCallum Jones in Sydney and agencies March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

QatarEnergy says it has halted production of liquefied natural gas after attacks on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed sitesNils Pratley: A gas shock – not an oil shock – looks more threateningUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesGas prices surged on Monday and oi…

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