British stocks muted as holiday season beckons | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Dec 19 — UK shares were little changed in light trading today, as a lack of major drivers led investors to lock in some of the recent gains ahead of the Christmas holiday season. The benchmark FTSE 100 has risen for the last six straight sessions, helped by a breakthrough on a US-China...

People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London January 2, 2016. ― Reuters pic

Traders are looking ahead to a Bank of England meeting later on Thursday and a parliamentary vote on Johnson’s Brexit deal on Friday, though neither is expected to jolt markets. The euphoria around Johnson’s win carried into this week but was soon overshadowed by fears of a chaotic Brexit, after the government set a hard deadline of December 2020 to reach a new trade deal with the European Union.

 

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