STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-FTSE seen opening down 5-16 pts

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07:05GMT 04Nov2008-FTSE seen opening down 5-16 pts

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The FTSE 100 index .FTSE is seen opening down 5 to 16 points on Tuesday according to financial bookmakers, or as much as 0.4 percent, following lacklustre trade in the United States where investors traded cautiously in the last session before the U.S. presidential election.