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Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the Chancellor's Autumn statement, on Tuesday, with the most recent economic data showing that he had approximately £90bn of leeway to tweak fiscal policy.

The FTSE 100 was down 7.89 points or 0.11% to close at 7,496.36.

The major European markets ended mixed on Monday with investors digesting the latest batch of economic data and looking ahead to speeches from top officials of a few central banks and the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, for clues about future interest-rate moves.

London’s stock markets saw a mixed performance at the close of trading on Monday, with Ashtead and Compass among the leading losers.

The major European markets ended mixed on Monday with investors digesting the latest batch of economic data and looking ahead to speeches from top officials of a few central banks and the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, for clues about future interest-rate moves.

Building equipment firm Ashtead said that revenue was hit by lower levels of emergency response activity with a significantly quieter hurricane season.

Investegate announcements from Transaction in Own Shares

Londons blue-chip index closed 0.11% lower at 7,496.36 points ahead of the U.K. Chancellors Autumn Statement later in the week in which the government will lay out its fiscal measures for the...

Investegate announcements from Transaction in Own Shares

Investegate announcements from Transaction in Own Shares