London sinks as financials weigh
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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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London equities fell on Wednesday after Marks & Spencer reported its worst quarterly sales performance for two and a half years.
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Europe's main stock exchanges slid on Tuesday, with London dragged downwards by a weak trading update from retailer Tesco, and as investors awaited fresh US earnings news.
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The FTSE 100 index of leading shares in London showed a loss of 0.20 percent to 5,890.70 points about 40 minutes after the open.
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Share prices tumble in London in eerie echo of Black Monday crash of October 1987.
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The UK's main share index, the FTSE 100, falls sharply on fears of further credit woes in the banking sector.
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London equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 opening sharply lower on Wednesday.
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Leading shares in London closed lower Tuesday hit by heavy falls on Wall Street while rumours of a potential problem at a London based hedge fund offset news of a significant stake build at Cadbury Schweppes, dealers said.
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Asian and European stocks fell on Monday while sterling hit a one-year low as concerns over financing for banks grew after UK mortgage lender Northern Rock  tapped the Bank of England for an emergency loan last week.
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London equity markets fell on Tuesday as mining and oil groups retreated.
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London stock market falls over 1% in early trading as gloom showed little sign of abating.
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Shares from Sydney to London sank for a second day on Tuesday, dragging commodity prices with them and promising a woeful start for Wall Street as investors dumped assets exposed to the risk of a global economic slowdown.
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European stocks, which have performed strongly recently, have fallen back sharply in morning trading, with London banking shares undermined by concern about bad debts and French exporters hit by weakness of the dollar.
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Leading shares closed sharply lower, impacted by losses on Wall Street after weak US economic data raised concerns of a further economic slowdown, with options expiries and UK banking stocks also weighing.
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Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Thursday.
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London equities fell back during the Tuesday morning session as broker downgrades weighed and investors reacted cautiously to new UK inflation data.
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LONDON Amid the wars, terror threats and other tremors rattling political capitals, the global economy and financial markets seem strikingly placid - at first glance, at least.