Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline were among the bigger UK stocks registering falls today and pulling the...
Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline were among the bigger UK stocks registering falls today and pulling the FTSE 100 index down 23.40 points to 3,569.9 by the close. GSK shed 22p to £10.88p, while Vodafone was off by 1.5p to 112.25p. Amersham's profits warning lopped 35p off its share price, taking it down to 424p. Shire Pharmaceuticals rounded of the poor day for the pharms sector by losing 23.75p to 293p. Rolls Royce had a better time, rebounding from its decade low to post a 4.25p gain to 76p. The company's problems have stemmed from a big pensions fund defici...
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