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Day of ‘embarrassment’ for UK banks wipes £6.2bn off their shares

Shares in the UK’s major banks fell 5.1 per cent in a torrid day on the markets

Fears of a second UK lockdown and allegations that UK banks were involved in moving illicit money combined to wipe £6.2bn from the market capitalisation of major UK bank stocks on 21 September.

A surge in UK coronavirus cases led to fevered speculation that the UK could enter a second national lockdown and dragged down UK equity indexes.

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