FTSE comedown continues

Miners topped the blue-chip fallers board today as London investors braced themselves for another lacklustre session on Wall Street.

The FTSE 100 Index stood 50.7 points lower at 5192.7 by lunchtime, as the boost to trading caused by recent strong quarterly results started to fade. The top flight index hit a 13-month high earlier in the week, but has now lost 80 points in the last two sessions.