Rates Vigil May Numb Uk Stocks

Monday's meeting between British finance minister Kenneth Clarke and Bank of England Governor Eddie George, and Tuesday's meeting of the US Federal Reserve's policy committee, will be watched for any change in rate policy, traders and strategists said. The FTSE-100 fell just short of cracking 4,000 on Friday, hitting a record 3,994.1 on the quarterly expiry of futures and options