Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire
Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and begin releasing hostages and prisoners under the “first phase” of a peace plan brokered by President Trump.
Announcing a major breakthrough in the two-year war, Trump said on Wednesday evening that all of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza would be released “very soon” and that Israel’s forces would begin their retreat from the territory to “an agreed-upon line”.
The agreement, which follows days of high-level negotiations in Egypt, will allow for the entry of aid into Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners, Hamas and Qatari officials said in separate statements.
Read live updates on The Times website.
ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack.
The platform, which has more than 200 million users worldwide, says hackers had targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users but the Discord platform itself was not breached.
People can provide ID photos to verify their age on Discord - a networking hub for players to chat and share files with others in the gaming community.
Read more on the BBC website.
America's top banker sounds warning on US stock market fall
There is a higher risk of a serious fall in US stocks than is currently being reflected in the market, the head of JP Morgan has told the BBC.
Jamie Dimon, who leads America's largest bank, said he was "far more worried than others" about a serious market correction, which he said could come in the next six months to two years.
In a rare and wide-ranging interview, the bank boss also said that the US had become a "less reliable" partner on the world stage.
Public trust in SNP government falls to record low
Public trust in the SNP government has fallen to a record low amid widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the NHS in Scotland, research has found.
The Scottish Social Attitudes survey said 47 per cent of people trust the Scottish Government, led by John Swinney, to do what is right for the country, the lowest level since devolution started in 1999.
Only 22 per cent of respondents were satisfied with the NHS – again the lowest level on record – following the steepest decline recorded by the survey in its 25 years of existence.
Get the full story on The Telegraph website.