FTSE lags Europe as dollar earners dip

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index lagged other European markets on Thursday, dragged down by dollar earners as sterling continued to march higher amid growing expectation that next week's general election will not result in a hung parliament.A stronger pound weighed on big dollar-earnings stocks such as HSBC , Unilever and miners, dragging the blue-chip FTSE 100 index down 0.2% lower by 0842 GMT.Britain's pound rallied to a 2-1/2 year peak against the euro and a seven-month high..