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FTSE 100 loses ground as exporters slip, Rolls-Royce topples

Published 20/09/2019, 08:37
© Reuters.  FTSE 100 loses ground as exporters slip, Rolls-Royce topples
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* FTSE 100 down 0.3%, FTSE 250 up 0.2%

* Rolls-Royce falls on repair delay

* Dollar earners weigh

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged lower on

Friday as exporter stocks weakened on the back of a firmer

sterling, driven by rising hopes of a Brexit deal, and

Rolls-Royce tumbled after longer-than-expected repairs of its

Trent 1000 engines.

The FTSE 100 .FTSE slipped 0.3% by 0715 GMT, while the

domestically-focussed FTSE 250 index .FTMC inched 0.2% higher.

Hopes of a Brexit deal after European Commission President

Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday that one was possible,

helped the pound extend overnight gains against the dollar to a

two-month high. Dollar-earners such as Unilever ULVR.L and HSBC HSBA.L

weighed on the main index.

Rolls-Royce RR.L lost 3.3% after the engine-maker said it

expects problems with its Trent 1000 engines to take longer to

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