RBS share issue hits FTSE

Eurasian shares were the biggest winners, up 101p (8.37%) to £13.07, and Royal Dutch Shell added 122 points (6.3%) to £20.59 after the price of oil hit a new record high. Home Retail shares continued to slide, down 14.25 (5.56%) to 242.25p, as consumers continued to reign in spending, and Persimmon lost 33.5p (4.79%) to 665.5p. On Wall Street, markets fell in early trading after mixed trading reports and the Dow Jones was down 55.37 (0.43%) to 12,769.65. Chevron saw the biggest gains, up 1.16 (1.25%) to $93.86, closely followed by AT&T, which added 0.39 (1.04%) to $37.98. Du Pont was th...