FTSE recovers from anxious morning

Royal Dutch Shell ‘A’ and ‘B’ were both up with ‘A’ rising 58 points, or 3.02%, to £19.79 and ‘B’ gaining 56 points, or 2.9%, to £19.85. Home Retail shares added 11 points, or 2.63%, to 429.5p, Kazakhmys shares jumped 34 points, or 2.62%, to £13.33 and BG Group gained 19 points, or 2.43%, to 800.5p. Northern Rock shares slid 9 points, or 1.21%, to 732p, Liberty International dropped 14 points, or 1.17%, to £11.83 and Shire shares lost 15 points, or 1.15%, to £12.95. On Wall Street, markets opened with a slight increase after the long weekend, with the Dow Jones up 38.85 points, or 0.29%...