LONDON (ShareCast) - 0911: Leading shares are mixed, with insurers enjopying mixed fortunes. Friends Provident and Prudential feature prominently among the laggards but Standard Life (LSE: SL.L
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0821: London's top stocks are lower in early dealings Thursday following a weak finish in the US last night, with miners among the main fallers. In corporate news, full-year underlying profit plunged 78% at electrical retailer DSG International (LSE: DSGI.L - news) as the recession forces consumers to rethink spending. FTSE 100 is down 14 points at 4,265.