Interest rate fears limit FTSE

Intercontinental Hotels was the biggest loser with a fall of 3.04% to £13.70, closely followed by Enterprise Inns which slipped 2.44% to 720.5p, while Persimmon dropped 2.58% to £13.19. Next also fell 2.32% to £21.94, while Kingfisher slipped 2.20% to 245p, although losses were limited by mining firm BHP Billiton which added 1.57% to 648p. However, United Utilities posted the biggest gains with a rise of 3.04% to 796p, closely followed by Detica Group which added 1.38% to 385.25p, while Johnson Matthey climbed 1.94% to £16.82, and Drax advanced 1.35% to 786.5p. In the US, the Dow J...