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LONDON STOCKS
Stock markets retreated in a fashion
that had more to do with nagging
uncertainties about the future than
with recent over-exertionsN
Profit-taking was certainly a factor,
with many of the past week's front-
runners dropping several penceN
Dealers cited end-of-account influences
and mounting concern about the spward
trend of American interest rates.
A fresh advance by the dollar ensured
losses for gilts that stretched to
three-quarters of a point.
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