By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - FTSE share index headed for its biggest weekly drop in 2-1/2 years on Friday after slipping to a new six-week low, with a further drop in crude oil prices and disappointing Chinese economic data hitting commodity stocks. The UK mining index fell 2.1 percent in a seventh straight session of weakness, after data showed factory output in the world's biggest metals consumer China rose 7.2 percent in November from a year ago, slowing from October's 7.7 percent and against analysts' forecasts of 7.5 percent. The oil and gas index fell 1. ...
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