BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - U.K. stocks were slightly lower on Wednesday, though higher oil prices lifted energy stocks.The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 0.1 percent at 8,244 on concerns
European stocks traded slightly lower on Wednesday as higher bond yields and a surge in oil prices due to heightened tensions in the Middle East stoked concerns that interest rates will likely stay higher for longer.
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London stocks opened lower on
Wednesday after higher U.S. bond yields pressured equities
globally, while fresh U.S. data reignited inflation worries and
cast doubts about the timing of rate cuts by.