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FTSE 100 Slips As Miners Drag On Growth Worries
(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks edged lower in cautious trade on Friday before the May bank holiday. Miners slipped as copper prices slipped on growth worries.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 24 points, or 0.3 percent, at 7,808 after declining 0.3 percent on Thursday.
Miners Anglo American, Antofagasta and Glencore fell 1-3 percent after the first estimate showed the U.S. economy grew at a much slower pace than expected in the first quarter of the year.
Insurer Prudential rallied 2.2 percent after posting a 30 percent jump in new business profit.
Education group Pearson jumped 3.2 percent after reporting better than expected annual earnings.
Lender NatWest Group plunged 5.7 percent amid disappointment over the outlook for the year.
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Canadian Dollar Falls Against Most Majors
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Swiss Market Ends Marginally Up
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A report showing a drop in Swiss consumer confidence in the month of July hurt sentiment.
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Major European Markets Close On Mixed Note
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Positive Start Seen For Canadian Stocks
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UK Market Roughly Flat; Mining Stocks Move Higher
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CAC 40 Climbs Higher For 3rd Straight Day
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Concerns about the potential impact of Trump's reciprocal tariffs limit market's upside a bit.
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Sensex Plunges 765 Points On Tariff Worries; Nifty Ends Below 24,400
Indian shares fell sharply on Friday amid concerns that steep 50 percent U.S. tariffs on Indian goods may hut the country's manufacture push and slow economic growth.
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