LONDON (Dow Jones)--Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (FRCL.LN) said Thursday it has purchased for cancellation 80,000 ordinary shares at a price of 275 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Thursday at 275 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 17, 2010 12:03 ET (16:03 GMT)