09-01-2015 15:57 via news.yahoo.com

FTSE pulled lower by drop in housebuilder stocks

By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) - A decline in the shares of major housebuilders, following cautious analyst comments on the business, weighed on Britain's top equity index on Friday. The FTSE 100 index was down 0.4 percent at 6,545.26 points going into the close of the trading session. It rose 2.3 percent the day before as Tesco jumped on a well-received restructuring plan. The UK stock market regained some ground after data showed that U.S. job growth increased in December, but the FT
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