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FTSE 100 Slips As Miners Drag On China Concerns
(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks traded lower on Tuesday after data showed China's exports and imports both sank at their fastest pace since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in July, threatening recovery prospects and reinforcing the need for further stimulus measures from policymakers.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 27 points, or 0.4 percent, at 7,527 after closing 0.1 percent lower on Monday.
Miner Glencore tumbled 3.8 percent after half-year profit dropped 50 percent.
Anglo American dropped 1.8 percent and Antofagasta declined 1.2 percent on concerns over slowing growth in China.
Asset manager Abrdn plunged almost 8 percent after reporting a drop in its assets under management.
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The Malaysia stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had fallen more than 15 points or 1 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,535-point plateau although it may tick lower again on Monday.
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The Japan stock market headed south again on Friday, one day after ending the four-day losing streak in which it had given up almost 1,175 points or 2.8 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just shy of the 40,800-point plateau and it may open to the downside again on Monday.
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