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* Johnson imposes new coronavirus restrictions
* Carnival falls after scrapping all November cruises
* All eyes on EU summit later in the week
* FTSE 100 dips 0.3%, FTSE 250 adds 0.5%
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By Devik Jain
Oct 12 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 fell on Monday in a
choppy trading session as a dip in oil prices hit energy stocks
and as Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out fresh restrictions
to contain the growing coronavirus crisis.
After rising 0.3% in morning trading, the blue-chip FTSE 100
.FTSE ended 0.3% lower, dragged down by oil majors BP Plc
BP.L and Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L , with a rise in the
pound also pressuring exporters. GBP/
The mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC , on the other hand, closed 0.5%
higher, led by a jump in shares of corporate services firm Sanne
Group Plc SNNS.L after RBC upgraded its rating on the stock to
"outperform".
All eyes this week will be on a European Union summit for
clues on Brexit negotiations. Johnson had set a deadline of Oct.
15 for agreeing a trade deal and Britain's chief negotiator
David Frost is in Brussels for intensified talks with the EU.
"It's a big week for the UK as trade talks with the EU enter
a crucial stage," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ
Bell.
Hopes of further U.S. stimulus boosted UK stock markets over
the past two weeks, but analysts have warned trading could get
more volatile as new business restrictions threaten a nascent
domestic recovery.
In an address to Parliament on Monday, Johnson set out a
three-tiered system of local lockdown measures in England, which
included shutting of pubs and bars in some areas placed into
the "very high" alert level. Pub and restaurant owners Marston's Plc MARS.L and
Restaurant Group Plc RTN.L fell 5.3% and 9.3%, respectively.
The FTSE banking index .FTNMX8350 dipped 0.4% as Bank of
England policymaker Jonathan Haskel said the central bank had an
"absolutely open mind" on negative interest rates. London-listed shares of Carnival Plc CCL.L fell 4.9% after
the cruise line operator cancelled all but the PortMiami and
Port Canaveral cruises for rest of the year.