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* FTSE 100 up 0.1%, FTSE 250 adds 0.2%
June 29 (Reuters) - London shares were muted on Monday as
investors feared a second round of lockdowns with global
COVID-19 deaths crossing half a million, while a record plunge
in British private-sector activity underlined the economic toll
of the pandemic.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 0.1%, with slight
gains in industrials, consumer discretionary and financial
stocks offsetting a decline in the consumer staples sector.
The mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC rose 0.2%, led by auto
.FTNMX3350 , construction .FTNMX2350 and travel and leisure
.FTNMX5750 stocks.
Lender Morses Club MCLM.L fell 4% as online accounts
provided by it were frozen following action by British
regulators against the UK unit of collapsed payments services
firm Wirecard WDIG.DE .