FTSE offloads some of week's gains

Following a week of gains the FTSE shed some value to end the day down some 19 points on its opening value at 5,145. However, the value shedding among UK plc's top 100 stocks was not reflected in the mid-caps, with the FTSE 250 index gaining 46.8 points today to end the week at 5,450.9 points. The FTSE Small Cap and TechMARK indices were also both up by close today. Monday morning could see the past week's resilience change following news reports that the outbreak of anthrax in the US - perhaps linked to last month's terrorist activities in the US - has spread to a third perso...