Wednesday, June 6, 2007

UK shares dip along with Europe before ECB verdict

(Reuters) - Britain's top share index dipped on Wednesday in sympathy with European stocks before a widely expected rate hike by the European Central Bank while also taking their cue from Asian and U.S. equity weakness.

At 0820 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 0.47 percent, weighed by Vodafone, National Grid, Daily Mail, Entreprise Inns and Punch Taverns which are all going ex-dividend this session.


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