Friday, May 11, 2007

U.K. Shares Drop, Led by Anglo American, BHP; Friends Providents Declines

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks dropped, paced by Anglo American Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd. as metal prices retreated. Shares of Friends Provident Plc slid.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index declined 18.8, or 0.3 percent, to 6505.3 in London at 8:12 a.m. The FTSE All-Share Index lost 13.71, or 0.4 percent, to 3379.75. Ireland's ISEQ Index rose 15.58 to 9527.55.


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