Global markets' rocky performance continues

If yesterday wasn't bad enough the UK's benchmark opened today, yes you've guessed it, lower. The FTSE is 16.3 points down at 5609.3 with losses for telecommunication and technology stocks. Vodafone gave up 4.75p at 197.5p, ARM fell 5.6p to 311p and Energis 7p to 318p. In the US the nightmare on Wall Street shows no sign of abating. With the Dow Jones fell below 10,000 and the Nasdaq below 2000 in addition to London's rocky performance yesterday all that's needed now is for Freddy Krueger to jump from the shadows and send the markets crashing. The Dow closed down 317.34 points to 9973...