London’s banks fell on Friday after Moody’s cut its rating on a dozen UK financial institutions, sending the sector to the bottom of the FTSE 100, while better US jobs data helped the index make overall gains.
The rating agency issued a two-notch downgrade for Royal Bank of Scotland – from “AA3” to “A2”– in an announcement made just minutes before the start of trade.
The news came on top of a report in the Financial Times about fears that a fresh bail-out of the part-nationalised lender could be required. Its shares fell 3 per cent to 23.62p.
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