UK shares were virtually flat in morning trade, one year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
The FTSE 100 shed 7 points, or 0.2%, to 5,011.92 as the administrator of Lehman's European arm, PricewaterhouseCoopers said it could take a decade to wind up the bank. Packaging firm Rexam topped the losers, down more than 2% to 264p, while miners Antofagasta and Vedanta Resources were also sold on fears the recent rally in commodity prices is about to fizzle out. But mining firms focused on precious metals remained in favour, with platinum producer Johnson Matthey up 3.58% and silver producer Fresnillo climbing 1.8%. Earlier in Asia, Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 255 Index failed to mo...
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