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Market wrap: Shaftesbury down as Omicron keeps markets in the red

Shares in several REITs including Shaftesbury have fallen, as London stocks stay in the red on the back of ongoing concerns regarding the Omicron variant.

Shaftesbury, which shrank its losses in the year ending September, was down 3.9% at 615p.

BMO Real Estate Investments posted the biggest decline out of the REITs on the stock exchange, dropping by 4.5% to 84.4p.

The top 10 fallers in the FTSE 100 included Landsec, which was down 3.2% at 727p.

The best-performing REIT was Palace Capital, up 1.5% at 268p. This was followed by Hibernia REIT, up 1.3% at 110p.

The FTSE 100 closed down 0.7% at 7,059. The FTSE 250 ended the day 1% weaker at 22,519.

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