UK stocks declined as financials and mining stocks fell. Weak markets in Europe and declining indexes in the U.S. contrinuted to market jitters.
UK stocks fell on the weakness in European trading and economic worries. HSBC reported 21% rise in earnings but issued a cautious outlook for 2008. Several brokers lowered earnings outlook for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and Lehman. HSBC reported 2007 earnings rise of 21% to $19.2 billion. Xstrata reported 2007 earnings rise of 13% to $5.54 billion on sales rise of 12% to $28.5 billion.
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