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U.K. Stocks Fall for 2nd Day; SABMiller Surges on AB InBev Deal
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U.K. stocks fell for a second day after data showed imports in China extended the longest losing streak in six years.
Banks contributed the most to declines on the FTSE 100 Index, with HSBC Holdings Plc and Barclays Plc slipping 2 percent or more. Miners deepened losses, after a nine-day winning streak that ended Friday, with Glencore Plc and Anglo American Plc losing at least 1.8 percent. SABMiller Plc jumped 9 percent to a record high after agreeing to a raised bid of almost 69 billion pounds ($106 billion) by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.