London stocks end lower on China data, job market jitters | Malay Mail

People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.7 per cent and the mid-cap FTSE 250 was 0.6 per cent lower. ― Reuters pic

Ladbrokes owner GVC Holdings was among the worst performers on the FTSE 100 after it said long-time Chief Executive Kenny Alexander was retiring. “Nearly all of Hays’ territories have seen net fee income drop in the order of 30 per cent bar the US, which is a little better, and the UK and Ireland, which are markedly worse,” Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell wrote in a note to clients.

In other earnings news, Anglo American shed 1.2 per cent after posting an 18 per cent decline in overall second-quarter output. Global miner Rio Tinto traded flat ahead of its quarterly production results today.

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