despite support from james bond and rollsroyce london’s main stock markets were struggling for footing on monday the london ftse 100 index ukukx rose 01 to 706016 while the ftse 250 index ukmcx was unchanged at 23616 the pound gbpusd rose 01 to 13690 big energy names were in the lead with shares of bp bp ukbp and royal dutch shell ukrdsa ukrdsa up 2 and near 3 respectively as us cl00 and brent crude prices brn00 logged gains of more than 15 each goldman sachs lifted its forecast for brent to 90 by year end in a note to clients those gains came as the uk was hit by yet another shortage in the energy space motorists rushed to fill their tanks over the weekend due to a supply disruption caused by too few truck drivers the haulage industry has blamed that on the coronavirus pandemic an aging workforce and the absence of foreign workers in wake of brexit the country is considering a visa change of those drivers to combat the problem elsewhere natural gas prices and electricity prices have been climbing amid intense global demand and shortages along with electricity outages in the country uk natural gas price futures for october deliver surged 9 to 19174 pence a therm on monday also lending support on the main ftse 100 index were shares of rollsroyce ukrr which was looking at its best oneday percentage gain 9 since december 2020 that came after the company announced a us air force contract win for b52 engines over the weekend and the smaller ftse 250 index saw an 11 jump for shares of cineworld ukcine ahead of the release of “no time to die” the latest james bond film that’s finally hitting big screens in the uk after a year and a half of delays it’s expected to be the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic the us release date of the film is scheduled for early october the “return of bond to the screens appears to have been the agent of change movie companies sorely needed business was severely shaken during the pandemic with screens shut and blockbusters delayed and there are early indications that bond is already helping stir up a surge in much needed bookings” said susannah streeter senior investment and markets analyst at hargreaves lansdown in a note to clients dragging on the downside in london was a 28 drop in shares of pharmaceutical group astrazeneca ukazn azn