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Europe close: Stocks slip after Trump's latest Iran comments

By Josh White

Date: Thursday 02 Apr 2026

(Sharecast News) - European equities extended losses on Thursday as oil prices surged and investor sentiment deteriorated after Donald Trump signalled the conflict with Iran would continue, warning Washington would hit the country "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks.
Axel Rudolph, chief technical analyst at IG, noted "Trump's...

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