FTSE down on slowing growth concerns
END-OF-DAY REPORT: Headline shares added to losses into the close, with a cautious start on Wall Street stinting progress, and with resources issues bearing the brunt of the losses as crude oil prices eased lower.
At the close of business, the FTSE100 was down 46.55 points at 5,109.4 with the FTSE250 off 77.35 points at 9,623.56 and the FTSE Smallcaps 10.87 points lower at 2,750.45.
LONDON MARKETS
Continued concerns over slowing global growth and a mixed batch of blue chip earnings news kept investors in London on the back foot throughout the session. Resources stocks were in the firing line, with oil and metals prices under pressure on demand worries.
Engineering services group Serco topped the leaderboard at the close, up 27p at 586.5p, after the Docklands Light Railway operator posted a surge in first-half earnings.
In the Midlands, Moseley pharmaceutical Henderson Morley recovered some lost ground after directors injected more capital, while newspaper and website publisher Johnston Press also improved after posting interim profits .
Aggreko and manufacturer Titan Europe were both among the fallers.
