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Futures data from IG suggests a choppy start for European markets, with London’s FTSE looking set to open 22 points higher at 8,862, Germany’s DAX down 88 points at 23,253, France’s CAC 40 lower 32 points at 7,619 and Italy’s FTSE MIB dropping 105 points to 39,321.
Global market sentiment is becoming more skittish over the conflict between Iran and Israel and the possibility of further U.S. involvement.
On Wednesday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump convened his national security advisors in the White House Situation Room for the second time in two days. Earlier, Trump said he had not yet decided whether to give the greenlight to a U.S. strike in support of Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Iranian targets.
