The London Stock Exchange faces a week of uncertainty following an inconclusive British general election that has left investors in the dark as to who their next prime minister will be.
Final results from Thursday's vote showed the Conservatives had 306 lawmakers compared to 258 for Labour and 57 for the Liberal Democrats, leaving the Tories short of the 326 seats needed to govern alone in the 650-seat House of Commons.
The London FTSE 100 index ended a turbulent week Friday on a loss of 7.75 percent at 5,123.02 points compared with the close on the previous Friday.
Investors fled equities in the face of mounting fears that eurozone leaders may be unable to prevent fallout from the Greek debt crisis spreading to other economies in Europe and beyond.
In the week ahead the market focus will be on the Bank of England, which on Monday is expected to leave its interest rates unchanged despite a rise in producer prices in April.
The bank is also to publish its quarterly report on inflation on Wednesday, a day after March industrial production figures are released and ahead of trade data on Thursday. Among companies reporting first quarter financial results will be are Centrica, Aviva, easyJet, TUI Travel, Thomas Cook, Sainsbury and telecom group BT.
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