Oil price jumps and FTSE 100 hits new high after Trump puts sanctions on Russian firms

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Source: theguardian.com
Oil price jumps and FTSE 100 hits new high after Trump puts sanctions on Russian firms

Assets in US belonging to Rosneft and Lukoil frozen as shares in Shell and BP rise by 3%

Oil prices jumped and energy companies helped the FTSE 100 to a record high after Donald Trump announced new sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil producers.

Brent crude increased by 5.7% to $66.13 a barrel after the news of the fresh restrictions on Rosneft and Lukoil, as the US president ramps up pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

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