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Monday, June 1, 1998 Published at 08:08 GMT 09:08 UK


Business: The Markets

London market report




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Monday opening

The FTSE 100 suffered a 70 point slump within the first half hour of trade as sellers reacted to the Dow's late reversal on Friday and fresh losses in Asia, where the Nikkei dropped 2.23% and the Hang Seng fell 3.45%.

Volume, however, remained extremely thin.



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