Updates from Legal & General, easyJet and Interserve

The FTSE 100 climbed a smidge higher on Tuesday, up 4.9 points to 6,682. Weir Group was the best performer, up 2% to 2576p while Intertek Group climbed 1.81% to 2755p. Going the other way was Meggitt, down 4.73% to 479.70p after a sizeable slump in interim profits. Royal Mail shares also suffered again, down 3.61% to 405p.

Meanwhile the bad news continued for US shares: the Dow Jones slumped almost 140 points, falling 0.84% from poor economic Chinese news and renewed Russian-Ukrainian anxiety. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%