London shares remain weak midmorning

Leading shares were weak in midmorning deals, undermined by last night's weak performance on the DJIA and a string of negative press reports and with nerves taut ahead of this afternoon's key US data, dealers said.

At 10.10 am, the FTSE 100 index was 58.0 points lower at 3,982.7, having dipped to 3,953.3, just prior to this morning's domestic data.