The London stocks market fell as investors reacted to Wall Street fear that a revised financial bail-out plan might be rejected by the U.S. House of Representatives, with the FTSE 100 index ending 89.3 points, or 1.8 percent lower at 4870.3.
The market reacted to the fear late in the afternoon after a encouraging trade early afternoon.
Miner Vedanta led the fallers, down 12 percent after a broker downgrade, while HBOS shares jumped 15 percent on rising confidence that its takeover by Lloyds TSB will go ahead.
Marks and Spencer ended with a 8 percent rise despite reporting a 6.1 percent fall in UK like-for-like sales, as investors welcomed news that M&S was planning to cut costs.
Other retailers also rose, with Next up 3.8 percent.
Source:Xinhua
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