Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK blue-chip index stocks suffer their worst December in decades Stock market analyst Ronnie Chopra suspects that some UK companies are now vulnerable to a takeover bid, following recent stock market losses.... UK equities extremely unloved but with fundamentals so attractive in terms of price there are certainly bargains to be had in the medium term. Weak pound must highlight the value of the FTSE 100 which has plenty of potential of bid targets which are 40-50% cheaper to US peers.