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| London's FTSE 100 down on Greek woes | London's FTSE 100 down on Greek woes |
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| (Close): London's leading shares closed lower as lack of certainty about Greece's debt repayments weighed down confidence. | |
| The benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 74.40 points, or 1.10%, at 6710.52. | |
| Miner Fresnillo lost early gains and was down 0.54%. EasyJet was down 2.14%. Rival International Consolidated Airlines Group was also lower by 1.83%. | |
| European markets suffered more than London, with Germany's Dax down 1.89% and Paris's Cac down 1.75%. | |
| Earlier, Asian markets were also depressed by the Greek debt situation. | Earlier, Asian markets were also depressed by the Greek debt situation. |
| There were only four winners on the FTSE; Randgold Resources, Tesco, Compass Group, and BG Group, all very slightly ahead. | |
| Tesco was up by 0.14% after South Korea's Orion Corp confirmed it was considering a bid for the UK grocer's Homeplus operation there. | |
| Biggest fallers were Taylor Wimpey, Imperial Tobacco, TUI, Mondi and G4S. | |
| On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.03% against the dollar at $1.5558 and was up 0.09% against the euro at €1.3830. |