Markets

London stock market sinks over two percent

LONDON : The London stock market tumbled more than two percent in early deals on Tuesday, with banking shares sinking
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The benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 2.12 percent at 5,802.42 points shortly before 0800 GMT. Lloyds Banking Group shares dived 4.20 percent, Royal Bank of Scotland shed 3.56 percent and Barclays lost 3.83 percent.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011