Updates from Morrisons and Home Retail Group

Another hit for shares yesterday. The FTSE 100 sank 0.97% to 6,620.9. G4S plunged 5.26% to 232.50p with Hammerson also heavily down - 3.93% - to 549.50p. There was better news though for Prudential, up 2.72%, on its Standard Chartered tie-up.

In the US, the Dow Jones trod water, down 0.07% to 16,340.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%