Tuesday, June 5, 2007

U.K. FTSE 100 Index Falters as Standard Charter, InterContinental Retreat

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks erased gains as Standard
Charter Plc and InterContinental Hotels Group Plc declined. BHP
Billiton paced advancing shares.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index retreated 4.6, or 0.1 percent,
to 6659.5 in London at 12:22 p.m. The index rose as much as 0.3
percent earlier. The FTSE All-Share Index slipped 2.78, or 0.1
percent, to 3455.9. Ireland's ISEQ Index declined 196.72, or 2
percent, to 9766.72.


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