London's leading index fell for a second day on Tuesday and little shelter could be found in an...
London's leading index fell for a second day on Tuesday and little shelter could be found in any sector. The FTSE 100 slumped 73.90 points to 5093.40. Only 15 FTSE 100 stocks enjoyed gains of 1% or higher. Worse still, these gains were capped at a lowly 2% by Lattice, whose shares improved 5.25p to 168.75p. EMI was one of the poorest performers after it admitted full-year pretax profit will come in about £150m lower than analyst estimates of between £160m £207m. Last month the group dropped artist Mariah Carey. EMI shares dropped 6.4%, to 305p. Amvescap also fared poorly a...
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