FTSE 100 tumbles as weak Chinese data dents markets
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LONDON (Reuters) - Weak economic data from China sent Britain's top stock index sharply down on Friday as banks, miners and consumer stocks suffered from investors' mounting anxiety about the world's second-biggest economy.The FTSE 100 was down 1.1 percent by 1000 GMT, in line with the FTSE 250 .Banks and miners were the biggest drag as the weak data added to persisting fears over slowing growth in China amid its trade dispute with the United States.Prime Minister Theresa May's attempt to..