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Renewed jitters over trade compounded a cocktail worries already weighing on stocks, said Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at Forex.com. London's FTSE 100 index, meanwhile, outperformed eurozone markets as the weak pound lifted UK-based multinationals who sell their goods abroad. "If the intention of the government was to make the pound more competitive ahead of a no-deal Brexit, it has been stunningly effective," quipped analysts at Moneycorp.