India, July 4 -- U.K. stocks are down in negative territory a little past noon on Friday amid trade tensions ahead of the U.S. government's tariff deadline.
With the July 9 deadline to strike deals with the U.S. just a few days away, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that his government will send letters to trading partners outlining unilateral tariffs that will take effect on August 1.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 27.72 points or 0.3% at 8,795.36 about a quarter past noon.
Mondia, Intermediate Capital Group, Anglo American Plc., Barratt Redrow, Schroders, Croda International, Berkeley Group Holdings, Babcock International, Antofagasta, EasyJet, WPP, Ashtead Group, Persimmon, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Glencore are down sharply...