LONDON (Dow Jones)--Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (FRCL.LN) said Monday it purchased for cancellation 44,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each at a price of 257.153 pence per share. -Shares closed Monday at 258.8 pence. -By Iain Packham, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9269; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 05, 2010 12:05 ET (16:05 GMT)