UK markets plunged for a second day as the FTSE shed 43.20 points to 5250 while the FTSE All-Share d...
UK markets plunged for a second day as the FTSE shed 43.20 points to 5250 while the FTSE All-Share dropped 21.14 points to 2547.55. Invensys lost 2.75p to 131p after JP Morgan widened loss estimates on the maker of factory controls. It was also a bad day for UK retailers Marks & Spencer who lost 2.5p to 365p, Next fell 4.4% to 894p and Dixons shed 7.5p to 239.25p. Airline stocks suffered the same fate. British Airways lost 9p to 234.5p and EasyJet fell by 1% to 484.5p. The biggest gainer today was Enterprise Oil, which increased 105p to 605p, a 21% rise, after the company a...
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