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31/12/2011 10:25 AST
Britain's leading share index was lower in early deals on Friday, with weakness in banks and commodity issues the main drag on the final half-day trading session of 2011.
At 0849 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was down 10.89 points, or 0.2 percent, at 5,555.88, having added 1.1 percent on Thursday. The market is set to close at 1230 GMT.
Thursday's gain helped put the blue chip index back in to positive territory for December, having been down 3.2 percent at one stage.
Overall, however, the FTSE 100 index is 6.5 percent lower on the year, having swung from a peak of 6,105.77 to a low of 4,791.01 over 12 months, with worries over the impact of the euro zone sovereign debt crisis doing much of the damage.
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Ticker | Price | Volume |
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SABIC | 114.77 | 5,915,941 |
Index | Closing | Change |
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NIKKEI 225 | 21,292.29 | -96.29 (-0.45 |
DAX | 12,002.45 | -94.28 (-0.77 |
S&P 500 | 2,614.45 | 32.57 (1.26 |
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