Pick of the early market news
Steep falls yesterday on Eurozone stress. The FTSE 100 fell -1.78% to 5,554 points. Biggest fallers were Polymetal Int (down -8.66%) and Fresnillo (down -7.44%). The French Cac 40 was badly hit, sinking -2.78%.
Overnight, Asian stocks suffered with the Japanese Nikkei down 1.5% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 down 1.1%.