The FTSE 100 closed Monday's trading session 0.4% lower at 7,203.83 points as US stocks slipped, energy prices continued to surge following weak Chinese data overnight and UK investors fretted over a potential November interest rate rise.China's gross domestic product grew at a relatively measly 4.9% in the September quarter amid supply bottlenecks and property developer Evergrande's woes.Travel c

London's FTSE 100 traded 0.3% lower at 7,214.80 points by midday on Monday, extending its earlier losses, as investors reacted to weak Chinese growth announced overnight.China's gross domestic product grew at a relatively measly 4.9% in the September quarter amid supply bottlenecks and property developer Evergrande's woes.Moreover, property construction in China continued its decline and factory o

The UK equity market started Monday's trading session on a negative note, as the market digested the implications of third quarter Chinese economic growth slowing at a faster rate than had been anticipated.In the third quarter, the Chinese economy grew by 4.9% year on year, versus an anticipated 5.2%. Moreover property construction in China continued its decline and factory output recorded its wea

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