UK stockmarket saw its second day of declines this morning paced by Britain's biggest insurer Pruden...
UK stockmarket saw its second day of declines this morning paced by Britain's biggest insurer Prudential. The benchmark FTSE 100 fell 6.4 poinnts or 0.2% to 3848.5 and the FTSE All-Share Index shed 7.38 points or 0.4 % to 1845.88 as of 9.30am this morning. Britain's largest insurer, Prudential, dropped 7p or 1.9%, to 358.5p after the company said first-quarter revenue fell after the most prolonged bear market since World War II had decreased consumers' demand for pensions and mutual funds. Supermarkets were among the stocks gaining as Somerfield advanced 2p or 2.2%, ...
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