FTSE performers still struggle to recover

Within the first hour of trading, most stocks were in the red and the FTSE 100 index fell 18 points or 0.4% to 4449.4, with the FTSE All-Share index fell just a fraction less to 2224.6. Life insurance firm Royal & SunAlliance is currently down 4.25p or 4.57% to 88.75p while Amvescap, the money manager, is down 7p or 1.7% to 417.25p. BAA is also down 6p or 1.13% to 526.5p, along with British Airways which has dropped 6.25p or 2.17% to 282.25p, as the travel industry still suffers uncertainty about its potential returns this year, given last week’s terrorist attack in Madrid. The onl...