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Danny Lee adds the disruption also extends to flights which is normally passed through the airspace.

Tens of thousands of people have been stranded in a region that functions as a global super connector.

And those are your top stories on the markets.

The stock 600 1.7% lower.

The FTSE Mib in Italy down by 2.3%.

The FTSE 109 tenths lower.

Oil prices 8% higher for Brent crude this morning, $78.62.

The Bloomberg dollar spot index up by half of 1%.

The euro 7 tenths weaker at 1.17%.

65 this morning.

Gas prices, as we mentioned, up over 20% for the key European benchmarks.

And on Wall Street, S&P E-mini futures are down by 1.2%.

Nasdaq futures 1.6% lower this morning.

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