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FTSE 100 Slips Into Red After Recent Rally
(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks traded slightly lower on Thursday after three days of gains.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 19 points, or 0.3 percent, at 7,467 after gaining 0.6 percent on Wednesday.
Oil & gas stocks fell, with BP Plc and Shell falling 1-2 percent as Brent crude futures fell below $81 a barrel on signs of higher U.S. supply.
Luxury fashion brand Burberry plummeted 8.2 percent after a warning that it might not meet its full-year revenue growth target for fiscal 2024.
Halma, a life-saving technology company, jumped more than 5 percent after posting record first-half results.
Insurer Aviva rose more than 1 percent after confirming full-year targets.
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The UK manufacturing activity shrank in October but the pace of contraction was the slowest in a year, the final purchasing managers' survey from S&P Global revealed on Monday. The factory Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a 12-month high of 49.7 in October from 46.2 in September. The flash reading was 49.6.
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A drastic reduction in Fed rate cut hopes in the aftermath of the hawkish forward guidance by Chair Jerome Powell boosted the U.S. Dollar during the week ended October 31.
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CAC Modestly Higher; Renault Up After Announcing Stake Sale In Brazil Venture
French stocks are modestly higher on Monday with investors continuing to digest the latest quarterly earnings, and reacting to the data showing an improvement in the nation's manufacturing activity in the month of October.
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