{"id":71994,"date":"2026-04-09T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/09\/ftse-100-modestly-lower-as-middle-east-tensions-weigh\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:52:49","slug":"ftse-100-modestly-lower-as-middle-east-tensions-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/09\/ftse-100-modestly-lower-as-middle-east-tensions-weigh\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 100 Modestly Lower As Middle East Tensions Weigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark FTSE 100 drifted lower on Thursday with investors reluctant to pick up stocks amid uncertainty about U.S.-Iran truce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to walk away from the agreement as Israel continues to strike Lebanon. U.S. President Donald Trump has also warned of renewed escalation in the event of Iran not making an attempt to reach a broader deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall-wrapper\">\n<p><i class=\"bi bi-lock-fill\"\/> Subscribe to continue reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>This article is part of our premium content offering.Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe Now<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>FTSE 100 Modestly Lower As Middle East Tensions Weigh<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-04-09 10:52:49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark FTSE 100 drifted lower on Thursday with investors reluctant to pick up stocks amid uncertainty about U.S.-Iran truce. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-euro-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/71995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}