{"id":74126,"date":"2026-06-03T11:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/03\/ftse-100-slips-on-middle-east-tensions-weigh-on-sentiment\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:23:42","slug":"ftse-100-slips-on-middle-east-tensions-weigh-on-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/03\/ftse-100-slips-on-middle-east-tensions-weigh-on-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 100 Slips On Middle East Tensions Weigh On Sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark index FTSE 100 was down in negative territory a little past noon on Wednesday, as stocks fell amid concerns about tensions in the Middle East following fresh strikes by Iran and retaliatory action by the U.S. in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">Brent crude prices climbed to about $99 a barrel, rising 3%, on concerns about supply disruptions, raising fears of inflation and interest rate hikes.<\/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>\n<p>FREE 7-Day Trial &#8211; No Payment Required<\/p>\n<\/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 Slips On Middle East Tensions Weigh On Sentiment<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-06-03 11:23:42<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK stock market&#8217;s benchmark index FTSE 100 was down in negative territory a little past noon on Wednesday, as stocks fell amid concerns about tensions in the Middle East&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-euro-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74126","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=74126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/74127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}