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London midday: Stocks stay down; Sainsbury's under the cosh
The FTSE 100 was down 0.3% at 8,145.47. Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: "Investors are eagerly awaiting new US jobs data and a speech from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, two events which could provide the all-important clues on …