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* FTSE 100 down 0.3%, FTSE 250 down 1.1%
* UK indexes ease after Friday's rally
* Sophos soars on buyout deal
Oct 14 (Reuters) - London-listed companies with exposure to
the domestic economy retreated on Monday after last week's
optimism around Brexit amid signs that more work was needed to
sort out a deal, while cybersecurity firm Sophos soared 38%
after a buyout offer.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE gave up 0.3% by 0710 GMT. The FTSE 250
.FTMC shed 1.2%, handing back part of the more than 4% gain it
had recorded in the previous session, which was its best in more
than nine years.
Britain and the European Union said over the weekend that a
lot more work would be needed to secure a Brexit agreement.
Sophos Group SOPH.L surged to its highest in more than a
year at 586.8 pence, after private equity firm Thoma Bravo said
it would take the company private in a 583 pence per share deal.