London open: FTSE slumps on Iran conflict but fares better than peers
At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.8% at 10,821.19, while Brent crude was up 10.1% at $81.23 a barrel and gold futures on Comex were up 3.4% at $5,425.80 an ounce. Despite the heavy losses, the top-flight index outperformed European peers thanks to …