The FTSE 100 finished the day lower unable to recover from falls in heavyweight stock Vodafone....
The FTSE 100 finished the day lower unable to recover from falls in heavyweight stock Vodafone. News that the telecom colossus is returning to the market for £3bn in a share placing ushered forth a spate of selling. Nasdaq's strength yesterday and continuing gains today lifted UK technology stocks but it wasn't enough to offset the Vodafone blues. The FTSE 100 finished the day modestly lower, down 23.8 points to 5904.2 Vodafone was second placed among the FTSE 100 fallers and accounted for around a third of the days trading. The market pounced on news that it's to sell £3bn wo...
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