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* FTSE 100 up 0.2%, FTSE 250 down 0.1%
* Berkeley leads housebuilders higher
* Burberry , Antofagasta trail main index
Jan 22 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 rebounded on Wednesday,
as housebuilders advanced after Berkeley hiked its planned
shareholder returns and worries over the spread of a new
coronavirus in China eased.
The main index .FTSE bounced back from its worst day in
two weeks to add 0.2%. Berkeley BKGH.L jumped 5% to a record
high, while peers Persimmon PSN.L and Barratt BDEV.L added
1.5% each.
The FTSE 250 .FTMC edged 0.1% lower by 0812 GMT.
The death toll from coronavirus, which is being likened to
the 2002/2003 spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS), rose to nine, but many markets held firm as Chinese
authorities ramped up efforts to control the outbreak.
Lagging the blue-chip bourse was Burberry BRBY.L , which
slid 3% despite a bright Christmas quarter update, and miner
Antofagasta ANTO.L that fell 2.4% after its copper production
was hit by civil unrest in Chile.