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* FTSE 100 roughly flat, FTSE 250 up 0.3%
* Glencore slips after HY core profit misses market view
* U.S.-China trade tensions still overshadowing markets
Aug 7 (Reuters) - London's main stock market index held
steady on Wednesday after a run of six losing sessions triggered
by worries over the U.S.-China trade dispute, although
commodities trader Glencore hit an almost 3-year low after poor
first half results.
Glencore's almost one-third drop in core profit, allied to
lower copper prices, pulled mining firms lower. That was offset
by gains in healthcare and consumer goods stocks, leaving the
FTSE 100 .FTSE blue chip index largely unchanged.
The mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC rose 0.3% by 0706 GMT, helped
by a post-earnings jump in Ultra Electronic ULE.L .