Soleimani killing punctures bullish equities

Sam Kerr

January 03, 2020 10:30 am

Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed late Thursday in a U.S. airstrike that targeted a convoy near the airport in Baghdad. FILE - Major General Haj Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, an elite unit of Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) during an interview by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Publications Office about the Lebanon War 34 day war between Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the military conflict in Lebanon started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, Tehran, Iran, on October 1, 2019. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM | SalamPix/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images

Equity capital markets bankers' bullish mood was dented on Friday by falling markets as investors reacted to escalating tension in the Middle East after the US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Banks are hoping this change in sentiment does not damage deal making next week.

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