FTSE 100 ticks 0.1% lower ahead of Fed interest rate decision
Stock prices in London were down at midday Wednesday, after bad news for the UK's manufacturing sector and ahead of the US Fed's interest rate decision.The FTSE 100 index was down 8.98 points, 0.1%, at 7,312.74. The FTSE 250 was down 83.56 points, 0.5%, at 16,999.49, and the AIM All-Share was down 0.51 of a point, 0.1%, at 679.34.The Cboe UK 100 was down slightly at 729.70 and the Cboe UK 250 was