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* FTSE 100 down 0.3%, FTSE 250 flat
Sept 18 (Reuters) - A slide in banking stocks weighed on
London's FTSE 100 on Friday, a day after the Bank of England
flagged the possibility of negative interest rates, while a rise
in coronavirus cases across the UK fuelled fears of another
round of lockdowns.
Britain's health minister said on Friday that the novel
coronavirus was accelerating across the country, with hospital
admissions doubling every eight days, but refused to say whether
or not another national lockdown would be imposed next
month. The FTSE 100 index fell 0.26% with banks .FTNMX8350 and
travel stocks .FTNMX5750 leading declines.
In company news, British hedge fund manager Man Group
EMG.L rose 0.5% after it said it would start a share buyback
programme of up to $100 million, with around 66 million shares
to be acquired.