LONDON (Dow Jones)--Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (FRCL.LN) said Friday it has purchased for cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares at a price of 256.38 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Friday at 256.7 pence -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 02, 2010 12:22 ET (16:22 GMT)