off, inspired by analysts' concerns an expected boost in the UK government's pre-budget speech on Dec. 5 would not materialise. The government has been expected to introduce U.S.-style tax efficient real estate investment trusts, but it is unclear what form they might take and how they might affect property firms. On the downside, Prudential fell 0.5 percent after offering to buy out remaining shareholders in online bank Egg at 118 pence, five years after floating it at 160p. Prudential, Britain's second-largest listed life insurer, already owns 78 percent of Egg. Online gaming firm PartyGaming fell 2.8 percent, the heaviest FTSE faller. Dealers said some investors found the timing right to sell after the stock rose earlier in the week to above the level of the initial public offering, 13 weeks after the company issued a warning on growth of the online poker market that wiped 3 billion pounds off market value. --MORE 2117 Local Time 1817 GMT
