The FTSE 100 index closed down 26.88 points, or 0.3%, at 8,358.25. The FTSE 250 ended up 48.66 points, or 0.2%, at 21,149.58, and the AIM All-Share lost 1.70 points, 0.2%, at 740.69.
China Fortune Land Development Co. is again pitching an unorthodox debt-reduction plan, after achieving success earlier this year in clearing up some 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) of borrowings at a ...