Shares tumbled across Europe today and the FTSE 100 ended the day 165.70 points, or nearly 5% down a...
Shares tumbled across Europe today and the FTSE 100 ended the day 165.70 points, or nearly 5% down at 3,287, the lowest since May 1995. 99 stocks made losses with just two, Safeway and Hanson, making gains. Biggest losers in terms of their effect on the index were BP, Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline. Biggest loser by percentage of share price cut was Canary Wharf, which slipped a massive 22% or 51p to 180p after it said it faced a massive surplus of office space, and the amount of space vacant in its Docklands office buildings could double by 2005. ...
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