Banks and media stocks suffer
The FTSE-100 Index was down 31.3 points by lunchtime at 5182.8, with banking and media stocks coming under pressure.
Barclays is off 26p at £21.70; Lloyds TSB is down 3p at 731p; Royal Bank of Scotland has fallen by 42p to £16.98; and HBoS has slipped 20p to 822p.
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