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May 13, 2008

Spread Betting on the FTSE 100

Inflation data brings down British stock market
Spread bets and CFDs on the British stock market should consider that inflation data is not helping. The FTSE 100 stock index is down, along with stock indices on the Continent. Bloomberg reports on what the inflation data means for the British stock market:

``Today's inflation figure has meant that the previously assumed June interest cut is now in the balance,'' said Richard Hunter, head of U.K. equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers in London.

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