LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index fellfor a second straight day on Tuesday, with miners trackingweaker metals, and real estate investment trusts (REITs) comingunder pressure after Standard Life Investments suspended tradingin its UK real estate fund.
The company said late on Monday that the decision was takenafter an increase in redemption requests due to uncertaintyfollowing the EU referendum result. It said the suspension wouldend as soon as practicable and would be formally reviewed atleast every 28 days.
Shares in Land Securities, British Land and Intu Properties fell between 3.3 and 4.8 percent.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was down 0.3 percent inearly trading after closing 0.8 percent lower in the previoussession.
The UK mining index fell 1.2 percent as pricesof copper, aluminium and nickel droppedbetween 0.6 and 0.8 percent. (Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Kevin Liffey)