FTSE fall mirrors Wall Street&#39;s decline
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London equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 trading sharply lower on Wednesday.
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Leading UK shares closed mixed, following three days of decline, and were well off highs, after a rally on Wall Street faded.
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The FTSE fell on Wednesday as a disappointing trading update from Northern Rock added to concern about rising interest rates.
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Stocks fell on Friday, setting Wall Street on course for its worst week in more than four years, as the diminishing appetite for riskier assets fueled a further rout in global equity markets.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets mostly took a step back on Tuesday after a weak performance by Wall Street overnight.
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London equities fell on Thursday, on renewed worries about potential write-downs in the financial sector.
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Stocks fell on Friday, capping their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off.
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Leading London shares closed lower Monday with Northern Rock plummeting 35 percent, Alliance &amp; Leicester down over 32 percent, and the US unable to offer much support ahead of the US Federal Reserve&#39;s decision on interest rates tomorrow.
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The 3.3 percent decline in the Dow Jones industrial average last Tuesday could almost be called a blip when measured against the biggest plunges on record.
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Â· FTSE suffers biggest fall since 2001 Â· Interest rate cuts predicted
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European equities were fractionally lower on Friday, mirroring Wall Street's cautious session ahead of the monthly US employment report, published later.
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London equities lost ground after the release of worse-than-expected US employment data.
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The FTSE 100 is expected to fall after a sharp sell-off in the US on Friday and amid continued strength in the price of oil. Financial bookmakers forecast the FTSE 100 .
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Mortgage lenders and homebuilders were the big losers in UK stock markets on Friday, dragging the FTSE indices lower, after news of house price falls combined with Northern Rock&#39;s difficulties to send investors running for the exits.
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Investor sentiment suggests that the bulk of the stock marketâs decline is now behind us.
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On Wall Street, stocks had their worst weekly performance since January 2003.
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London equity markets fell on Tuesday as mining and oil groups retreated.