PUBLISHED: 25/07/2016
The FTSE 100 index was off 20.4 points to 6710.13, as Brent crude sunk 1.9% to 44.83 US dollars (£37.50) a barrel after a report from Barclays warned global oil demand was down amid lacklustre growth from the global economy.
BP dropped 2.6%, or 11.8p, to 440.4p ahead of its interim results on Tuesday, while rival Royal Dutch Shell was also languishing in the red, slipping 2.5%, or 54.5p, to 2093.5p.
Sterling was also under pressure after a report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said business optimism had deteriorated at its fastest pace since January 2009 following the Brexit vote.
The pound paired back gains against the dollar to rise 0.1% to 1.312 US dollars, after the CBI’s Industrial Trends Survey revealed optimism had fallen sharply in the wake of the EU referendum result, while expectations that total new orders will rise are at their lowest level since January 2012.
It found 52% of firms were less optimistic about the general business situation compared to three months ago, while 5% of businesses were more optimistic, leaving a balance of minus 47%.
But the report – which surveyed 506 manufacturers between June 27 and July 13 – said output had risen across the sector at its fastest pace in two years.
The update comes after last week’s closely-watched Markit Flash UK Composite Output Index showed the UK economy has slumped at its fastest rate since the financial crisis in the wake of Britain voting to leave the European Union.
The pound was also marginally up against the euro at 1.195 euro.
The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 Index were 3I Group up 19.5p to 610.5p, Next up 133p to 5005p, Morrison’s up 3.9p to 183.8p, Legal & General up 4p to 199.4p.
The biggest fallers were Randgold Resources down 300p to 8550p, BP down 11.8p to 440.4p, Royal Dutch Shell A down 53.5p to 2038.5p, Royal Dutch Shell B down 54.5p to 2093.5p.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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