Updates from Severn Trent, RSA Insurance and Booker Group

A -0.59% drop saw the FTSE 100 slip to 5,629 points yesterday. Leading the fall was G4S, down -5.73%. BSkyB and Amec were the biggest risers, both lifting +0.94%.

In Asia overnight, the Nikkei climbed +0.3% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng sank -0.6%, not helped by a decline from HSBC Holdings.