FTSE suffers early hit due to fresh eurozone fears

Fresh fears over the eurozone debt crisis hit sentiment on the London market today after the EU failed to agree a bail out deal for stricken Greece.

The FTSE 100 Index fell 12.3 points to 5735.8 after eurozone finance ministers were unable to reach a deal to give Greece the next tranche of its emergency aid, despite nearly 12 hours of talks in Brussels.