Afternoon Markets: Citigroup drags on Dow at close of week

Calls for greater government regulatory power over the financial sector helped boost the index yesterday but it fell back today with Citigroup the biggest drag on performance, falling 7.83% to 2.59p. American Express also fell 4.03% to 14.36p. Troubled car manufacturer General Motors saw the biggest rise in share price, up 9.03% to 3.78p. The FTSE followed the Dow's fall, down to 3,909.66 points by 2.30pm GMT, after reaching a high of 3,950 at 9am. The biggest falling stocks by mid-afternoon were Eurasian Natural Resources, down 7.4% to 444.5p and platinum producer Lonmin, down 6.16% to...