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London open: Stocks fall after hawkish Fed, despite US-China trade breakthrough

By Michele Maatouk

Date: Thursday 30 Oct 2025

(Sharecast News) - London stocks fell in early trade on Thursday despite a breakthrough in US-China trade talks, as investors mulled a more hawkish tone from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.4% at 9,716.25.

Derren Nathan, head of equity research at...

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