LONDON (Dow Jones)--The Board of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (FRCL.LN), announced Thursday that it purchased for cancellation 80,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each at a price of 267.95 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Thursday at 267.9 pence. -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 24, 2010 12:08 ET (16:08 GMT)