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56.99 | 0.71% | 8,097.37 | 8,102.14 | 8,030.05 | 8,040.38 | 0 | 13:00:57 |
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
GKN reportedly considering splitting up in two
U.K. stocks sagged Monday, with mining shares losing ground as a new trading week got under way, but gains for industrials companies helped cushion the loss.
The FTSE 100 index fell 0.1% to 7,515.59, led by the oil and gas and basic materials group. The index on Friday closed up less than 1 point (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ftse-100-gains-as-us-budget-vote-pushes-pound-lower-2017-10-20). That marked a 0.2% loss last week, breaking a four-week run of gains.
Mining shares moved lower alongside a pullback in metals prices, including gold , copper and palladium . Shares of copper producer Antofagasta PLC (ANTO.LN) fell 0.8%, Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN) gave up 0.4% and BHP Billiton PLC (BLT.LN) (BHP.AU) (BHP.AU) dropped 0.8%.
Dollar-denominated metals prices were lower as the U.S. dollar rose against most major rivals, largely against the euro and the Japanese yen . Euro traders were looking ahead to the European Central Bank's policy decision due Thursday, while yen traders sold the Japanese currency after this weekend's general election that delivered a convincing majority to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japans-abe-wins-by-a-landslide-now-aims-to-change-constitution-2017-10-23). Abe's win raises the prospect for continued loose monetary policy.
Oil prices resisted strength in the dollar, but shares of oil major BP PLC (BP.LN) (BP.LN) dropped 0.6% and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) (RDSB.LN) was down 0.3%.
The pound traded at $1.3193, up from $1.3188 late Friday in New York.
Corporates: GKN PLC (GKN.LN) gained 3% following a Sunday Times report the company is considering a split of its aerospace and automotive businesses (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gkn-which-makes-wing-tips-for-airbus-and-parts-for-mercedes-eyes-split-to-create-two-ftse-champions-x7c2t6bj0).
Spire Healthcare Group PLC shares (SPI.LN) rallied 11% on the mid-cap FTSE 250 after Spire rejected a preliminary takeover approach from major shareholder Mediclinic International PLC (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/spire-rejects-mediclinics-16-bln-takeoveroffer-2017-10-23)(MDC.LN). The offered valued Spire at about GBP1.20 billion ($1.59 billion). Mediclinic shares fell 0.8% on the FTSE 100.
CRH PLC shares picked up 1.5% after the building materials supplier won support of its planned takeover of Ash Grove Cement Co. (ASHG)
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 23, 2017 04:05 ET (08:05 GMT)
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