** A rocky close in store for the UK bluechip whichis off 1.9 pct and poised for its lowest close since Jan 2013
** All 100 constituents in the red and if it ends like thisit will be the 4th time in the last 2 weeks that all indexstocks end lower
** The more domestically focused midcaps, down 1.2pct, and small-caps, off 0.3 pct, outperform
** Volumes sluggish, however, with about a quarter of thedaily average traded by late morning across the FTSE indices
** Financials and energy the biggest drags on the FTSE atthe sector level with HSBC, off 2.2 pct, and BP,off 3 pct, causing the most damage
** Next PLC the worst performer, down 3.8 pct,following a downgrade at Exane BNP Paribas
** Intu Properties off 1.7 pct and is most brisklytraded stock in terms of relative volumes with almost afull-day's average traded before midday
** Weakness seen across European equity markets with thebenchmark STOXX 600 off 2.1 pct
** S&P 500 futures down more than a percent pointingto a another choppy day in the US where payrolls data is due andvolatility-induced index selling continues to cause dislocations
** JPMorgan estimated that another $100 bln or so of USequity selling by systematic funds remains to be completed overthe next 1-3 weeks (RM: vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)