{"id":245891,"date":"2026-08-12T08:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/245891\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:24:20","slug":"ftse-100-live-stocks-dip-as-iran-and-us-clash-over-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/245891\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 100 Live: Stocks dip as Iran and US clash over Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tWednesday 12 August 2026 6:24 am<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tWednesday 12 August 2026 8:44 am\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"742\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Hormuz-Iran-shipping.jpg\" class=\"media \" alt=\"Bustling shipping activity in the Strait of Hormuz with tankers and cargo ships navigating Iranian waters.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\"  \/>\t\tOil prices have spiked on fresh tensions over the Strait of Hormuz\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back to City AM liveblog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil prices broke above $89 per barrel on Wednesday morning, notching the sixth consecutive sessions amid mixed signals around a potential deal between the US and Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regime in Iran has said that the United States must end the war before they loosen their\u00a0grip on the Strait of Hormuz, despite claims from Donald Trump that the US military was in complete control of the channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohsen Rezaee, the new secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, said on social media that the\u00a0\u201cmessage is clear\u201d that the narrow waterway will stay shut\u00a0until the US agrees to terms and pulls back from the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dThe Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US ends the war and blockade, releases Iran\u2019s frozen assets, and agrees to a region-wide ceasefire, including in Lebanon and Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It followed Trump dismissing Iran\u2019s six conditions for reopening the strait, which included \u201cpayment in full\u201d for damage inflicted on Iran throughout the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cI have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116431297579272777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">President<\/a> also said the US was only \u201csemi-negotiating\u201d with Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in some relief to market\u2019s hope for peace, the defence minister of Pakistan, which has been acting as an intermediary in talks, has said things were \u201cshaping up again in favor of a peace arrangement\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe signals in the last two three days are that we are close to some sort of an arrangement,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be bringing you all the latest market developments and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few of our top headlines this morning<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/ftse-100-live-stocks-to-rise-as-iran-threatens-forceful-response-over-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">As it happened: Stocks rise as oil lower; Iran threatens \u2018forceful response\u2019 over Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The liveblog has ended.<\/p>\n<p>No liveblog updates yet.<\/p>\n<p>Load more<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSimilarly tagged content: <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSections\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCategories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPeople &amp; Organisations\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday 12 August 2026 6:24 am \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0 Wednesday 12 August 2026 8:44 am Oil prices have spiked on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[14791,19355,328,55357,1170,7542,149,2272,44018,44017,44019,16575,37232,44020,44021,44022,44023,44024,44025,44026,44027,44028,44029,44030,34,46444,342,1986,7596,3994,40758,2220,44031,44032,44033,68392,44035,207,49,816,187,42,213,123,44036,12130,44037,1395,44038,261,44039,44805,12258,795,392,309,58083,2059,30562],"class_list":["post-245891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-ftse","tag-banking","tag-business","tag-donald-jtrump","tag-economics","tag-equity","tag-financial-markets","tag-ftse-100","tag-ftse-100-boss","tag-ftse-100-live","tag-ftse-150","tag-ftse-250","tag-ftse-350","tag-ftse-aim","tag-ftse-all-share","tag-ftse-fledgling","tag-ftse-main-market","tag-ftse-shares","tag-ftse-small-cap","tag-ftse-stocks","tag-ftse-trading","tag-ftse-update","tag-ftse100","tag-ftse250","tag-iran","tag-iran-c","tag-iran-conflict","tag-iran-crisis","tag-labour","tag-labour-party","tag-london-stock-exchange","tag-market","tag-market-bubble","tag-market-cap","tag-market-conditions","tag-market-correction","tag-market-economy","tag-markets","tag-middle-east","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-middle-east-war","tag-news","tag-oil","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-oil-and-gas-services","tag-oil-crisis","tag-oil-major","tag-oil-majors","tag-oil-price-cap","tag-oil-prices","tag-oil-sector","tag-oil-services","tag-retail","tag-stock-market","tag-trump","tag-trump-administration","tag-trump-guilty","tag-uk-economy","tag-uk-government"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}