Sorted and the City: Cent reeling..(Business)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: February 25, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: KEVAN REILLY

THE man from the Pru and the weak dollar sent the FTSE down 0.6 per cent to 4496.8.

The Pru's worse-than- expected results also hit rival insurers with Legal & General losing 3.1 per cent to 101p and Friends Provident dropping 3.5 per cent to 147p.

Worries about the US economy hit the rest of the market and firms warning about the damage the dollar is doing to their profits included machinery firm Molins.

It lost 10...

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