FTSE ends drained of energy

British Energy continued to be the biggest drag on the index with a drop of 8.27% to 582.5p, on fears about the cost of repairing two of its nuclear generators, while Drax Group continued to suffer with a loss of 3.61% to 855.5p. However other energy stocks performed better with BG Group posting the biggest gains with a rise of 1.54% to 660p, closely followed by Centrica which added 0.63% to 317.75p as both stocks gained from bid speculation. Scottish and Southern Energy also rose by 0.48% to £12.65, while ICI added 0.53% to 382p, and HBOS climbed 0.39% to £10.39, although gains were li...