Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:40:13 GMT
U.K. equities down for a fifth day
U.K. equities dropped for a fifth consecutive day for a longest streak of losses in 10 months as manufacturing in the Eurozone shrank, indicating that U.K.'s largest trading partner faces difficulties to rebound from economic recession. The FTSE 100 Index retreated 0.6%, or 55.79 points, to 6,392.90 at 16:53 in London. All but two sectors posted losses. Eurasian Natural Resources