India, June 9 -- The U.K. market is down marginally at noon on Monday with investors mostly making cautious moves amid a lack of triggers. The focus is on trade talks between the U.S. and Chinese officials in London. Weak Chinese exports data weighs on sentiment.

The benchmark FTSE 100 is down 12.81 points or 0.14% at 8,825.10 a few minutes past noon.

M&G is rising nearly 2%. Diageo is gaining 1.8%, while JD Sports Fashion, 3i Group, Ashtead Group, Fresnillo, Pershing Square Group, Mondi, Glencore and Croda International Group are up 0.8 to 1.5%.

Alphawave IP Group Plc shares are soaring nearly 25% after Qualcomm agreed to buy the London-listed semiconductor company for about $2.4 billion in cash.

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