London shares close down, off lows
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Leading shares have closed down, albeit off lows, after a quiet afternoon session due to the lack of trade in the US for Thanksgiving, with Kelda Group the main casualty on the back of bearish broker comment, dealers said.
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Blue chips closed lower Friday after a volatile last hour of trade, as rumours of financial troubles among hedge funds unnerved the market, causing a reversal of earlier solid gains, with Wall Street holding up but coming off highs.
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London shares closed lower as M&amp;A hopes surrounding AWG and John Laing were offset by a weaker Wall Street which saw investors unsettled after a surprise rise in import prices.
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Leading shares closed down Wednesday, just off session lows, with financial stocks providing the main drag on the Footsie, while Wall Street made heavy losses after disappointing pending home sales data hit investor confidence.
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The FTSE 100 closed in the red, hurt by a mixed performance on Wall Street and a decline in heavyweight energy stocks, though a rally in telcos and beverages did offset some weakness, dealers said.
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Leading shares ended the week in positive territory, with a firm start on Wall Street and a recovery by financials helping the FTSE 100 to close just below its session highs, dealers said.
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Financial stocks dragged London's FTSE 100 back below the 6,000 level on Tuesday   after US service sector data intensified fears of US recession.
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Leading shares have closed over 150 points lower after weak ISM data reignited fears about the state of the US economy, weighing heavily on Wall Street and particularly hitting the UK's retail sector and housebuilders.
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Leading shares ended a volatile session lower as fears of further rate hikes and an uninspiring start on Wall Street offset pleasing numbers from retailer Next.
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Leading shares closed weaker, albeit off lows, with Wall Street mixed as it recovered, after an initial drop on falling durable goods orders, with a Northern Rock profit warning initiating a UK banking sector slump.
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Leading shares closed a touch lower Monday as Wall Street was also negative amid disappointing factory data and after severe declines in Chinese stocks, with property sector losses weighing on UK blue-chips.
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The FTSE 100 closed more than 100 points lower on Wednesday amid continued weakness on Wall Street.
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Leading shares closed weaker, albeit off session lows, as Wall Street remained weak amid continued investor concerns over fresh highs in crude oil prices, with construction materials firm RMC shining out from the gloom after agreeing to a 2 billion pound takeover, dealers said.
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LONDON : European shares slipped back in light trading with the London Stock Exchange closed for a bank holiday and New York investors expected to take it easy while the Republican convention is in town.
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Leading shares closed weaker for the fifth day out of the last six, with the heavyweight mining sector badly hurt, but a relatively mild fall on Wall Street helped ensure that the FTSE 100 finished well off session lows.
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UK blue chips have closed weaker but off session lows, although Wall Street made dull progress today, with London investors focused on a mixed batch of major results and corporate news.
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Leading shares closed lower with defensive stocks such as utilities the major fallers in London, and as Wall Street was sharply down on worries about writedowns and the trade deficit unexpectedly widening.