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Eurozone woes prompt FTSE 100 fall Greece worries cause FTSE 100 to fall by nearly 1%
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(Noon): London's benchmark index of leading shares fell 1% in Friday morning trading, reflecting similar falls in other key European markets. (Close): London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 0.8% to end the day at 6,804.60. But the fall was not as severe as those in the French and German markets.
Investors were rattled by renewed fears over the health of the eurozone, after Greece delayed Friday's €300m debt repayment to the IMF. Investors were spooked by Greece's decision to delay its €300m debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund.
By lunchtime, the FTSE 100 index was down 68.63 points at 6,790.61. Fears are growing that the country may default and leave the eurozone.
There were only four gainers, all of them mining stocks. Anglo American led the pack with a 1.4% rise. Retailer Marks & Spencer was the biggest faller, down 3.2%.
Construction firms fared less well. Barratt was down 2.5% and Taylor Wimpey shed 2.4%. On Thursday, the firm announced that it had paid bonuses to its senior managers for meeting profit targets, but that its international business performance had been "disappointing".
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.43% against the dollar to $1.5300 and was down 0.22% against the euro at €1.3640. The biggest riser was Royal Bank of Scotland, up 1.48%, after speculation that the government might sell part of its 80% stake in the bank as early as September, to avoid a clash with the full privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group next March, banking and political sources said.
Bailing out the debt-laden RBS cost British taxpayers £45bn ($69bn).
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.64% against the dollar to $1.5266, but rose 0.53% against the euro to €1.3742.