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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans

FTSE 100 Live: Pound dips on speech from BoE’s Saunders, Wall Street slumps as US jobs numbers miss

The FTSE 100 index is broadly unchanged as traders look ahead to the monthly release of US employment figures later.

A strong result will add to pressure on Federal Reserve policymakers to accelerate the tapering of pandemic support.

Oil prices are 3% higher and BP shares have risen after a City upgrade, but the FTSE 100 index lost an earlier 0.7% gain.

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