London close: Stocks manage positive finish after mixed session
London's financial markets experienced a mixed trading day on Monday, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices closing in positive territory after spending much of the session in the red.
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London's financial markets experienced a mixed trading day on Monday, with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices closing in positive territory after spending much of the session in the red.
London’s FTSE 100 was down 0.1% at 7,680.11 in afternoon trade on Monday.
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London stocks ended the trading day in negative territory on Friday as investors considered the latest UK construction data and a fresh non-farm payrolls report out of the US.