London close: Stocks dip as miners weigh and pound rallies

London stocks were not able to hold onto their modest early gains and closed in the red on Thursday as late pressure came from the pound on renewed optimism over a Brexit deal. The FTSE 100 ended 0.37% lower at 7,320.75, as the pound recovered from earlier lows to climb 0.3% against the euro and dollar to 1.1390 and 1.3430 respectively. With Thursday's trading relatively becalmed as markets position themselves ahead of the key US non-farm jobs report at the end of the week, the FTSE suffered at ...

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