FTSE falls amid further losses on Wall St
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The FTSE 100 closed more than 100 points lower on Wednesday amid continued weakness on Wall Street.
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Wall Street extended last weekâs losses Monday as investors remained concerned about flagging growth and rising prices.
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Stock prices extended their losses on Wednesday as Wall Street faced an array of unwelcome economic news that stirred concerns about high inflation.
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European and Asian Markets fell again Monday, extending their slide into a second week as investors worried about a possible global slowdown and dumped stocks that had surged in recent weeks.
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Shares from Sydney to London sank for a second day on Tuesday, dragging commodity prices with them and promising a woeful start for Wall Street as investors dumped assets exposed to the risk of a global economic slowdown.
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Leading shares in London closed lower Tuesday hit by heavy falls on Wall Street while rumours of a potential problem at a London based hedge fund offset news of a significant stake build at Cadbury Schweppes, dealers said.
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UK blue chips reversed earlier gains Wednesday to close lower, tracking Wall Street's sharp decline as Merrill Lynch's big write-down raised concern over other banks' exposure to the credit markets.
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Business & money: Shares in London fall sharply following a plunge in Asia overnight amid growing fears over US economy
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Stocks fell on Friday, setting Wall Street on course for its worst week in more than four years, as the diminishing appetite for riskier assets fueled a further rout in global equity markets.
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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 equities tracked heavy overnight falls in the US and Asia with the FTSE 100 trading sharply lower on Wednesday.
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Leading British shares nosedived to session lows as Wall Street slipped amid ongoing concerns about the weak US currency.
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UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker with the banking sector heavily hit, as Northern Rock dropped sharply again.
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Stock markets took another hit on Wednesday as European equities moved lower, after indices plunged across Asia and in the US.
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Leading shares closed lower with defensive stocks such as utilities the major fallers in London, and as Wall Street was sharply down on worries about writedowns and the trade deficit unexpectedly widening.
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Stocks fell on Friday, sending the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, as investors worried that equities could see more downside as the appetite for riskier assets diminishes further following this week's sell-off.
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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.