The London market was grounded today as concerns regarding the US sub-prime mortgage sector resurfaced following two days of gains.
The FTSE 100 Index was down more than 1%, or 70 points at 6323.9, as banking stocks weighed heavily after French bank BNP Paribas froze more than £1bn of funds after citing problems in the US sub-prime sector.
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