Oil Tensions Flow Through to UK Markets as Domestic Capital Returns

The Strait of Hormuz standoff is choking global trade flows, sending Brent crude above $89 a barrel for the sixth straight session and dragging the FTSE 100 lower. But even as geopolitics squeezes supply routes, a quiet counter-current is building at home: British investors are finally plugging back into London.

Trade Routes

• Iran: Refuses to reopen the Strait until the US ends the war, releases frozen assets, and agrees to a region-wide ceasefire — a list of demands...