FTSE down almost 100 points

The FTSE 100 Index shed more than 2% today as markets reacted with initial disappointment to US economic rescue plans.

FTSE down almost 100 points

The FTSE 100 Index shed more than 2% today as markets reacted with initial disappointment to US economic rescue plans.

Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average was more than 3% down - below 8,000 - amid early scepticism over the trillion-dollar package, which includes a government-private sector partnership to help remove banks' toxic assets from their books.

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