UK’s FTSE 100 opened the week slightly higher on Monday, helped by a boost in commodity-linked stocks amid concerns around an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) inched up 0.2% by 0839 GMT, while the mid-cap index (.FTMC) edged up 0.1%.
Asian equities slid and the safe-haven dollar was firm amid heightened anxiety over the escalating violence in Gaza and prospects that the conflict could spread beyond Israel and Hamas into the wider region.
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