London stock market dragged by mining in early trading

LONDON, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- After two days of gains the London stock market slid back as fears about a possible global recession returned.

By midday, the FTSE 100 was down 119.73 points at 4274.48, with mining stocks falling on worries over slowing demand.

Among the miners, Xstrata fell 16 percent, Kazakhmys dropped 14.9 percent and Anglo American was down 14.3 percent.

Lloyds TSB rose 6.5 percent on reports the government would allow the bank to pay dividends while still taking part in the 370billion pounds rescue scheme.