Experts call for automated breaks in UK stockmarket as FTSE plunges 10% in one day

Covid-19 fears push index to lowest figures since 1987 crash

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Multi-asset managers, macro strategists and fund buyers have all called for an automated break to be placed on the UK's FTSE 100 index, following its 10.9% freefall on the day of going to press (12 March) – its second-worst day in history and a bigger fall than any given day during the throes of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

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