Terrorist threat lowers FTSE

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The FTSE 100 index has suffered a bad start this morning, and one which is unlikely to improve much throughout the day, after foiled alleged terrorist attempts to blow up planes flying from UK airports.

The blue chip stock index has already fallen 87.3 points or 1.49% to 5,773.2, led by British Airways which has lost 22p or 5.6% to 368p but in contrast one of just four stocks to actually hold gains this morning is BAA, the airport operators, which has seen its price rise 2.5p or 0.27% to 936p. Alliance Unichem has seen the best gains, rising 42p or 4.09% to £10.68, while Boots, the high street chain has added 34p or 4.4% to 806.5p. But energy and mining stocks seem to have a major blow too, as AngloAmerican is down 59p or 2.55% to £22.58 while Cairn Energy has dropped 66p or 3.17% to £20...

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