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* FTSE 100 down 0.2%, FTSE 250 down 0.1%
* Healthcare firms, oil stocks drag on main index
Dec 30 (Reuters) - UK shares edged lower in early dealings
on the year's penultimate trading day, as investors booked
profits from this month's stock market rally and braced for
2020.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 0.2% after logging 11 straight
days of gains, its best run in three years. The FTSE 250
.FTMC , which hit successive record highs last week, shed 0.1%
at the beginning of another holiday-shortened week.
Healthcare stocks AstraZeneca AZN.L and GlaxoSmithKline
GSK.L were the biggest drags on the blue-chip bourse. Oil
majors Shell RDSa.L and BP BP.L also weighed, despite crude
prices touching a three-month high.