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UK stocks fall as Britain tightens curbs over virus fears | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Dec 31 ― British stocks ended lower yesterday, reversing early gains as fears over a fast-spreading new strain of the coronavirus led to most of the country being placed under tighter restrictions, even as Britain approved AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine. The blue-chip FTSE 100 lost 0.7...

The blue-chip FTSE 100 lost 0.7 per cent, after hitting a fresh 10-month high in the previous session. ― Reuters pic

Miners and consumer stocks, mainly Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Diageo were the biggest drag on the index. Britain is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, with the country recording one of the world's highest death tolls of around 65,000 by mid-December, while the emergence of a more infectious virus variant has compounded its problems.

 

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