Dow wavers on poor industrial figures

The movements followed the Federal Reserve's announcement today US industrial performance was down 1.5% in March, its 14th fall in the last 15 months. Technology company Intel Corporation, Bank of America and Microsoft led the fall, dropping 5.37% to 15.15p, 4.96% to 9.59p and 3.77% to 18.62p, respectively. But General Motors, JP Morgan Chase and pharmaceuticals and consumables producer Proctor & Gamble all raised their share prices from the 9am EST opening. The FTSE was at 3,973 points by around 3.15pm this afternoon BST, 0.38% down on its opening value. Investment Week