UK stock markets pushed downwards this morning, led by retail stocks, after electronics retailers Di...
UK stock markets pushed downwards this morning, led by retail stocks, after electronics retailers Dixons Group, said falling mobile phone sales brought its own Christmas sales down in stores which have been open at least a year. The benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 12.10 points, or 0.3%, to 5237 and Dixons lost 5.75% to 225.5p when the company posted a first-half profit before taxes and one-time items of £87m ($125m), down from £90.8m last year. Marks & Spencer were subsequently hit and fell fell 0.6% to 363p, followed by Boots which also dropped 0.8% to 590p and Laura Ashley plunged a...
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