Footsie declines 16 points to 5386 in early trading

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The UK's benchmark index the FTSE 100 fell 16.2 points to 5386.90 in early trading while the TechMar...

The UK's benchmark index the FTSE 100 fell 16.2 points to 5386.90 in early trading while the TechMark 100 lost 3.82 points to 1515.32. Stocks in decline include media group Pearson, which fell 32p to 1006 after saying it has been hit by a downturn in advertising revenue. Telecommunications group Dataflex fell 2p to 31.5p when the supplier of services to terrestrial phone operators reported a full year loss of 0.26p compared to a profit 5.8p from a year ago. Filtroni increased by nearly a quarter in value, 31p to 165p with the telecom group saying full year sales increased 34% to £297m. ...

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