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FTSE 100 lower with Scottish Mortgage trust leading the retreat; Wall Street mixed as Dow crosses 35K
Tech shares appear to be out of fashion this week, as the US Nasdaq gave up more than 1%
The FTSE 100 down 6 points
Tech stocks out of favour
Centricafriendless after downbeat trading update
12.05pm: Major diversion among US indices as midday
The FTSE 100 ended down 6 points at 7,124, while the FTSE 250 lost 78 points, 0.3%, to close at 22,697.
"Sterling traders seem unperturbed by the prospect of the UK economy moving into another period of political uncertainty, as the elections put the SNP’s independence plan back on the agenda," IG Chief Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp wrote. "An attritional battle through the courts to decide on the legality of a referendum seems likely, taking some of the shine off the prospects for the UK economy. Nonetheless, with the dollar now finding it harder to rally in the wake of the non-farms report it looks like sterling can still make headway for the time being."