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- FTSE 100 closes 21 points down
- Nasdaq leads gains in the US
- Barclays (LON:BARC) up as Q1 results beat forecasts
4.55pm: FTSE ends in the red
The FTSE 100 ended Thursday 0.3% lower at 7,831, weighed down by energy shares including BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:RDSa).
Despite positive earnings announcements from both sides of the Atlantic, European stocks were unable to match gains seen in the US.
By the London close, US stocks were trading higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had gained 0.7% to 33,531, the S&P 500 was 1.1% up at 4,099 and the Nasdaq Composite was 1.7% ahead at 12,052.