Morning Markets: Fresh Greece fears check FTSE progress

Positive employment news sent the index spinning to a 21-month closing high yesterday but the FTSE lost more than 24 points on opening before recovering slightly. By 8.45am, it was 8 points, or 0.14%, down at 5,636. Quoting an unidentified senior Greek official, newswires said the government was not hopeful of help from EU partners at a summit next week. Royal Bank of Scotland fell 1.3% to 43p while miners also suffered following recent gains. Eurasian Natural Resources and Antofagasta both lost more than 1%. Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline added 32p, or 2.61%, to £12.56 to lead the ear...