On the year’s penultimate trading day, British shares edged lower in early dealings, as investors booked profits from the stock market rally, bracing for 2020.
The FTSE 100 fell 0.2% after logging 11 straight days of gains, its best run in three years. The FTSE 250, which hit successive record highs last week, shed 0.1% at the beginning of another holiday-shortened week.
Healthcare stocks AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline were the biggest drags on the blue-chip bourse. Oil majors Shell and BP also weighed, despite crude prices touching a three-month high.
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