Metals price drop lead to falling FTSE

BHP Billiton fell 813 points, or 51.16%, to 776.5 while copper miner Kazakhmys fell 117 points, or 7.04%, to 1546. Reuters Group rose 21 points, or 3.56%, to 611.5 while British American Tobacco rose 62 points, or 3.4%, to 1885. The Dow Jones fell 42.82 points, or 0.36%, to 11850.87 as General Motors dropped 0.68 points, or 3.1%, to 21.28 while American Express fell one point, or 2.41%, to 40.53. McDonald’s rose 1.7 points, or 3.25%, to 53.97 after its February results showed a 12% rise in sales on the same month last year. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation rose 0.37 points, or 1.84%, to ...