In Asia this morning, the Hang Seng closed its morning session 12.31 points down at 13,806.14. The Nikkei was down 86.64 points back at 11,213.41 at midday.
Crude oil was trading up 42 cents at $55.45 a barrel.
The New Economics Foundation, a think-tank with links to the Treasury, has proposed that Tesco should be broken up, arguing that the retailer's huge scale is damaging communities and local enterprise.
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