London stocks slip as election looms closer, Sainsbury falls on reaffirmed outlook

tumbled on Tuesday after ending the previous session flat as investors maintained caution ahead of the parliamentary elections at home, while an uptick in oil prices contained declines.

Meanwhile, prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in almost three years last month, according to industry figures that underscore how inflation has cooled. GSK slipped 1.2% after a Delaware judge rebuffed a request by the drugmaker and others to appeal a ruling allowing over 70,000 lawsuits claiming that the heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer to go forward.

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