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Capita woes drag down FTSE 100 | |
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(Noon): London's leading shares fell 1.14% in Friday morning trading, with outsourcing firm Capita bearing the brunt for the second day in a row. | |
Capita shares sank a further 4.9% after falling 27% on Thursday because of a profit warning. | |
By lunchtime, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 78.58 points at 6,840.84. | |
Banks were also hit, in London and elsewhere in Europe, as Deutsche Bank's woes spread contagion to the sector. | |
The German lender saw its share price fall 4.6% in Frankfurt as fears grew about its financial health, after it emerged that a number of hedge funds had withdrawn funds. | |
Among UK banks, Barclays slid 3.3% and Lloyds tumbled 2.8%. | |
Earlier in the week, the market had surged on the back of oil price rises in the wake of an Opec agreement to cut output. | Earlier in the week, the market had surged on the back of oil price rises in the wake of an Opec agreement to cut output. |
But on Friday, the price of oil took a tumble, with Brent crude down 1.2% to $49.23 a barrel and US crude trading 1% lower at $47.37. | |
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.05% against the dollar at $1.2961 and up 0.49% against the euro at €1.1612. |