London's FTSE 100 was down 0.5% to 7,690.03 in afternoon trade on Thursday, succumbing to a bout of profit-taking and led lower by a stronger pound. SSE and Micro Focus retreated as their stock went ex-dividend, while Associated British Foods fell after it reported a 3% increase in revenues in recent weeks, as strong growth from its Primark clothing retail arm was held back by a worse than expected decline in sugar. For the first 16 weeks of its financial year to 6 January, AB Foods saw sales ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...