Good morning: Markets have see-sawed in overnight trading in Asia after Iran retaliated for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani early this morning, hitting a giant US airbase in Iraq with a stream of missiles. In the immediate aftermath of the strikes Brent crude shot back above $70 per barrel to touch $71.75, the highest since mid-September, but has since given up a large part of those gains. At 6.46am Brent crude was trading back below $70 at $69.13 a barrel, up 1.26 per cent over the day. Gold also gave up initial gains as Donald Trump tweeted “All is well!” amid reports of no US casualties. The Nasdaq dipped 2.8 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 9,068.58Sirius Minerals, which is…

Source: The Times January 08, 2020 09:00 UTC