FTSE lower after Wall Street slide
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Shares in the London Stock Exchange were in focus on news it was preparing a bid for Borsa Italiana as the broader market tracked steep losses on Wall Street at the open on Thursday.
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London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares opened almost 3.0 percent lower on Monday, after sharp drops in Asia as jittery markets took their cue from a pre-weekend slump on Wall Street.
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The FTSE 100 index closed lower again, weighed down by weakness across telecoms and media stocks, while early losses on Wall Street added to the market's woes in afternoon trade, dealers said.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets fell in early trading Tuesday, with London dragged down by oil and mining stocks and following overnight losses on Wall Street.
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London equities fell in opening trade on Tuesday, with banking stocks in the vanguard of the decline after news of lower mortgage market share at HBOS and a warning of continued upward pressure on interest rates from the Bank of England.
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London shares fell on Tuesday as investors reacted to fresh banking sector losses linked to the subprime housing crisis in the United States.
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UK blue-chips closed lower, with mining and oil stocks weighing on the FTSE 100, while losses on Wall Street added to investors concerns.
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Stock futures fell on Friday, suggesting Wall Street shares could open under pressure after British mortgage lender Northern Rock  became the biggest UK casualty of the current liquidity squeeze.
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Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower on Monday but stabilised by mid-afternoon as investors' concerns about the global carry trade eased.
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Stocks declined on Monday, led lower by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled worries the credit market turmoil would spread.
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London equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 opening sharply lower on Wednesday.
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London markets eased back from early gains Thursday as banks fell on mixed investor reaction to low-cost airlines Ryanair and Easyjet and after an HBOS downgrade.
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European equity markets were volatile on Wednesday, and by mid afternoon in London turned a little lower, reflecting a cautious start on Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, pushed down by declines in banking shares after Britain's HSBC  warned that bad debts from its U.S. mortgage lending business would hurt results.
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Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Thursday.
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London equities fell in opening trade on Friday, after big losses on Wall Street overnight fostered further concern about the health of the US economy.
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Blue chips closed lower after Wall Street fell back in reaction to stronger crude prices.