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London close: Stocks take hit as factory weakness spreads to services
London stocks slipped lower still on Thursday, even as some economists said that the latest services data suggested that the UK economy had slipped into recession and data published in the US appeared to show that weakness in manufacturing was making its way into the rest of the American economy.
London close: Stocks pummeled by global growth concerns
London stocks suffered very sharp declines on Wednesday amid ongoing worries about a global slowdown, even as investors digested Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposal to Brussels for a free trade area and as regards the Irish border, which analysts said were not likely to fly with the European Union as they would give Northern Ireland a competitive advantage over the bloc.
London close: Weak US manufacturing numbers hit shares
October got off to a weak start following the release of a weaker than expected reading on US manufacturing that economists said showed how the US-China trade war was "wreaking havoc".