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* FTSE 100 up 0.3%, FTSE 250 up 0.9%
* Domestic stocks gain on lingering Brexit deal hopes
* Neil Woodford's listed fund hits record low
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Britain's domestically exposed stocks
rallied on Tuesday amid hopes that a Brexit deal could be
clinched before Oct. 31, while Neil Woodford's listed fund sank
to a record low after a decision to wind up the money manager's
suspended fund.
The FTSE 250 .FTMC , which had surged more than 4% last
Friday after positive Brexit signals from Ireland, added 0.9% by
0705 GMT. Britain and the European Union are set for crunch
Brexit talks at a summit on Thursday and Friday. The FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 0.3%, helped by UK-focussed banks
Lloyds LLOY.L and RBS RBS.L , and stocks considered most
sensitive to any Brexit fallout such as housebuilders
Woodford Patient Capital Trust WPCT.L tumbled 8% after the
corporate director of Neil Woodford's suspended LF Woodford
Equity Income Fund said the fund is to be wound up.