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Telecoms services providers were at the bottom of the pile in the middle of the week following a disappointing update out of sector heavyweight Vodafone.
Real Estate and Homebuilders paced losses on the stock market after the bank holiday, as investors waited on the Bank of England's interest rate decision two days later.
Precious metals miners' shares paced gains in the stock market on Wednesday as the US dollar softened a tad heading into the US central bank's policy meeting that was scheduled for after the close of markets in London.
Miners were again at or near the bottom of the pile on Tuesday amid talk of souring sentiment towards China's economic reopening, not least as a result of the ever present geopolitical tensions over Taiwan.
Miners paced losses at the end of the week as increased talk of a further interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve on 3 May weighed on metals' prices.
Miners paced gains on Tuesday after it was reported overnight that Chinese gross domestic product growth accelerated by more than expected during the first quarter.
Bank shares paced gains at the end of the week amid a raft of well-received sector earnings on the other side of the Atlantic and due to the possibility of further rate hikes in both the US and UK.
