FTSE edges higher on insurance and property results

Royal & Sun Alliance has led the FTSE 100 index up 9 points to 4,080 despite a big fall on Wall Street overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 172.98 points to close at 8,676.42 after big falls by financial institutions such as American Express and Citigroup - which fell more than 4% - along with losses by healthcare giant Johnson&Johnson. In London today, R&SA is up 3.75p to 130.5p. British Land has revealed a big jump in the net asset value of its holdings, which has pushed shares up 10p to 425p. Tesco is up 2.5p to 197p the day after it easily so...