FTSE recovers but remains in the red

Experian headed the list of winners, having gained 21.5p to 381.75p, followed by Carnival, up 69p, or 3.71%, to £19.29. Standard Chartered, AstraZeneca and Imperial Tobacco Group also all finished the day in the black. A miserable day for Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), which saw it start and finish the day heading the loser’s list, closed down 34p, or 7.08%, on 446.25p. Lonmin, down 223p to £30.14, and Vedanta Resources, down 129p, or 6.03%, to £20.10, also finished the day in the red. In the US, the Dow Jones is suffering a mini-hangover after a terrific Tuesday sparked by a 0.75% ra...