UK stocks turned in a mixed performance Tuesday morning with investors largely making cautious moves, reacting to the nation's unemployment data, and also weighing the possibility of a fresh round of U.S.-Iran peace talks.
The FTSE 100 was up 7.69 points or 0.07% at 10,616.77 nearly half an hour before noon.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.