Central banks aid fails to break FTSE fall

The mortgage lender has slipped 41p, or 4.92%, to 792p, but is still only the day’s third biggest loser. Rentokil takes top honour, sliding 30.2p, or a huge 20.59%, to 116.5p, after saying it is likely to miss its fourth quarter profits target. Rexam makes up the bottom three. Resistance is being provided by BG Group, up 37p to £11.20, Experian and GlaxoSmithKline. In the US, AT&T, up 2.25p, or 5.7%, to 41.71, 3M Company and Alcoa made up Wednesday’s top winners. However, big names McDonalds, down 2.33% to 61.66, and Boeing, down just over 2% to 86.92, prevented the Dow Jones improv...