Banks continue to drag FTSE 100 down

Friday 18th December 2009

The banking sector continued to drag the FTSE 100 down in early trading this morning.

At 09:47 GMT the London index stood at 5,233.41, down 15.8 points, 0.30 per cent.

The banks led the drops with Barclays down 2.57 per cent, 7.05 points to 266.8p.

Lloyds' shares were also down 2.27 per cent to 49.94p.

Leading the gains in early trading was BG Group, up 1.7 per cent to 1,104p. BP also recorded strong gains, up 1.24 per cent to 581.4p. ADNFCR-1783-ID-19519976-ADNFCR

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