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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil,Daniel Keane,Matt Watts and Rachael Burford

FTSE latest: UK stock markets plunge in biggest daily fall since Covid after Trump tariffs

London's FTSE 100 index has suffered its biggest daily drop since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The FTSE closed down 4.95% in its worst day of trading since March 2020, when the UK was plunged into lockdown.

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