Updates from Compass Group and Thomas Cook

The FTSE 100 saw just a 0.41 point gain on Wednesday, ending the day at 6,605.30. Lloyds was the biggest faller, down 4.94% to 75.20p. Centrica was also down heavily (2.83% to 323.10p). However Standard Life soared more than 7% to 400p on news of picking up Ignis Asset Management for £390m.

Other stock markets were more bullish with the German Dax up 1.18%; but tech weakness saw the Dow Jones slip almost 100 points to 16,268. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%