M&S woes weigh on FTSE

AstraZeneca added 103p (4.84%) to £22.33 as it won a court case in the US, while fellow drugs firms GlaxoSmithKline gained 43 points (3.9%) to £11.46. Mark & Spencer shares crashed as it revealed poor sales figures and forecast a gloomy period for at least two years, losing 78p (24.53%) to 240p. Eurasian lost 110 points (9.38%) to £10.65. On Wall Street, shares fell in the late-morning as concerns about the US economy persisted, and the Dow Jones dropped 33.96 (0.3%) to 11,348.3. JP Morgan shares added 0.61 (2.38%) to $34.83, while McDonalds climbed 0.56 (0.97%) to $57.85. General Moto...