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China’s lacklusrte GDP performance today put pressure on global stock markets.
Annual growth for the June quarter still came in at 6.3%, but that was short of the forecast 7.3% amid more signs of the country’s faltering recovery from Covid lockdowns.
The update weighed on the price of Brent Crude and meant a downbeat session for European stock markets including the FTSE 100 index.