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The FTSE 100 ended a losing week on a sour note, knocked by further heavy selling of US technology names and double-digit losses for blue chips Rightmove and IAG.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 53.21 points, or 0.6%, at 9,682.57.
The FTSE 250 ended 131.64 points lower, or 0.6%, at 21,773.39, and the AIM All-Share fell 3.66 points, 0.5%, at 749.47.
For the week, the FTSE 100 fell 0.4%, the FTSE 250 shed 1.8% and the AIM All-Share slid 2.7%.
London’s falls were reflected elsewhere in Europe and across the pond on Wall Street.
In European equities on Friday, the CAC 40 in Paris closed down 0.2%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt ended 0.7% lower.
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