Footsie falls slightly in subdued start to week

The Footsie index of 100 leading stocks is down 7.1 points in subdued trading, standing at 5594.4 at mid-morning.

Supermarkets are in the spotlight, with shares in the UK's number two grocer Sainsbury's rising by 2% or 8¾p to 399p after it said like-for-like sales in the first three months of the year had risen by 4.8%.