4:00 PM Flash: Short Sellers Pocket $2.3 Billion on Gambling Stocks as City of London Set for £1.6bn Boost

Four PM Flash. Markets moving at the close. The VIX sits at seventeen point sixteen. Gold is trading at four thousand five hundred forty seven dollars. Oil is at ninety eight dollars. And Bitcoin is holding at seventy four thousand six hundred eighty three. Short sellers are cashing in big time, reaping more than two point three billion dollars in profits by betting against gambling companies as regulatory pressure mounts. On the positive side for Britain, upcoming financial reforms are expected to deliver a one point six billion pound boost to the City of London. After four PM Central, we're watching Bitcoin hold above seventy four thousand, while gold and oil remain firm. In other news, a young bodybuilding fitness influencer, just twenty two years old, was found dead in her kitchen, prompting a police investigation. On a more personal note, Ireland Baldwin has announced she's expecting her second child with partner RAC. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.