FTSE slips on ex-div trading, U.S.-China trade deal doubts
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(Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 retreated from a near four-month high on Thursday, weighed down by a handful of stocks trading ex-dividend, subdued U.S.-China trade deal hopes, and a firmer pound.The blue-chip index fell 0.5% by 0810 GMT, underperforming the European benchmark , with Vodafone and chemicals firm Johnson Mathey shedding over 3% each as they traded without entitlement to dividend pay-out.Asia-focussed HSBC and miners also dragged on the blue-chip bourse, after tensions between..