FTSE hits new record as global markets edge higher

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• Worries about squeezed margins and broader growth prospects contributed to another marked reduction in service sector employment during December

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• Oil companies would be reimbursed by the US government for making investments in Venezuela

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• Lacklustre business activity growth continued across the UK service sector at the end of 2025

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• If a credible and structured political transition occurs in Venezuela, enabling US companies to restart oil operations and sovereign debt restructuring, Venezuelan bond prices could experience a sustained rally

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• All of our oil companies are ready and willing to make big investments in Venezuela that will rebuild their oil infrastructure, which was destroyed by the illegitimate Maduro regime

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• The oil surplus in the first half of the year could reach as high as 3m barrels per day

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• For global markets, the striking thing was how most assets were almost completely unfazed by the geopolitical risk

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• Initial hopes of a surge in supplies from Venezuela were tempered by the realisation that it would be difficult to rebuild that infrastructure quickly, and without significant cost. In the near-term there may even be disruption to the current Venezuelan supply

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• Classic stocks like finance, pharma, big oil and high street retail stalwarts are back in fashion with investors

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• Gold and silver advanced with investors weighing heightened geopolitical risks, with Venezuela adding to risk and investing uncertainty

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• We're right back on the AI trade again. The optimism is back for now

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• Tariff anxiety is pulling metal into the US just as supply risks in Chile resurface

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• There is another period of oil price softness ahead

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• Venezuelan oil production could rise from 800,000 barrels a day to 2.5 million within a decade

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• Silver has benefited from sustained concerns that the US administration could eventually impose import tariffs on the refined metal

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• Oil prices will fall to the mid to high $50s for much of this year as a global surplus combines with weak global growth

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• Trafigura would need to see a proper legal framework in place before returning to Venezuela

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• American buyers had become the most serious group in the £15m-plus London property market, with many disillusioned by Trump's presidency

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• The rebound in Chinese equities since December has boosted confidence, with many investors planning to stay active until the later-than-usual Spring Festival in 2026

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• Trafigura will hold talks with Trump's administration about buying and selling crude from Venezuela

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• US oil companies would spend billions of dollars to take the oil out of the ground in Venezuela

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• It's very clear the US government wants the oil to continue to flow. They don't want civil unrest in Venezuela and want gasoline and diesel to enter the country

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