BA stocks give FTSE a bumpy landing

The FTSE 100 Index closed about 5.4 points down to about 4629.40, as BA lost 6p to end the day at 203p. Cadbury Schweppes leads the day’s climbers adding around 10.75p to 446p, while SAB Miller has risen 12.5p to 761.50. BP leads an advance by oil producers, 8p up to 546p. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened a little earlier today, already losing about 74.11 points to 9,928.22 points. J.P Morgan Chase & Co leads the drop slipping $0.91 to about $38.33. General Motors is also an early loser down, $2.10 to about $39.20, after the world's largest automaker trimmed its ...