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According to Reuters, the leading index on the British stock exchange decreased following a retreat from commodity stocks.
The FTSE decreased by 19.32 points at 5,855.87 in contrast to yesterday when it closed up by 0.4 per cent, while it had managed to break the 5,900 barrier for a brief period.
But today is a different story as gold miner Randgold Resources - which dropped by 2.4 per cent - was among those to negatively affect the index.
What's more, BP was down by 1.2 per cent and aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce shed 2.8 per cent to be one of the big fallers on the market.
Elsewhere, the FTSEurofirst 300 is down 0.4 per cent at 1,112.70 points this morning, due to weak Chinese import data, despite hitting its highest close since September 2008.
Posted by Greg Secker
