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The FTSE 100 made a subdued start to the week on Monday, despite some brighter news on manufacturing, weighed by heavy falls in Vodafone after a downgrade by UBS.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 15.88 points, 0.2%, at 9,701.37.
The FTSE 250 ended 62.08 points lower, 0.3%, at 22,108.89, and the AIM All-Share declined just 0.36 of a point at 772.02.
UK manufacturing output expanded for the first time in a year in October, survey results from S&P Global showed, despite ongoing weakness in both domestic and overseas markets.
The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.7 points in October from 46.2 in September, remaining slightly below the 50-point neutral mark.
It marginally outperformed the
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