BUZZ-UK stocks: FTSE poised for lowest close in 2-1/2 years

** A rocky close in store for the UK bluechip which is off 1.9 pct and poised for its lowest close since Jan 2013

** All 100 constituents in the red and if it ends like this it will be the 4th time in the last 2 weeks that all index stocks end lower

** The more domestically focused midcaps, down 1.2 pct, and small-caps, off 0.3 pct, outperform

** Volumes sluggish, however, with about a quarter of the daily average traded by late morning across the FTSE indices

** Financials and energy the biggest drags on the FTSE at the sector level with HSBC, off 2.2 pct, and BP, off 3 pct, causing the most damage

** Next PLC (LSE: NXT.L - news) the worst performer, down 3.8 pct, following a downgrade at Exane BNP Paribas

** Intu Properties (Other OTC: CCRGF - news) off 1.7 pct and is most briskly traded stock in terms of relative volumes with almost a full-day's average traded before midday

** Weakness seen across European equity markets with the benchmark STOXX 600 off 2.1 pct

** S&P 500 futures down more than a percent pointing to a another choppy day in the US where payrolls data is due and volatility-induced index selling continues to cause dislocations

** JPMorgan (LSE: JPIU.L - news) estimated that another $100 bln or so of US equity selling by systematic funds remains to be completed over the next 1-3 weeks (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)