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Updated Thursday 19th March 2026

Updates from HL’s experts covering important financial market events

Interest rates held at 3.75%

US futures weak after Fed holds rates and raises inflation forecast

Oil and Gas prices spike again after attacks in Qatar and Iran

FTSE 100 opens down

US PPI, an inflation measure, is also expected at 1.30pm UK time

Oil has edged down as Iraq agrees to new export route

Gold hovers around month lows as rate cut hopes fade

Oil bounces back with $100 per barrel acting as an anchor for now

US markets on track to hand back some of yesterday’s gains

Gold falls below $5,000 per ounce

Fed, BoE, ECB, BoJ to set rates this week

FTSE 100 edges up

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