Bord Gáis owner Centrica shares slide on UK woes

Shares in Centrica slumped as an update from the British Gas and Bord Gáis owner showed it had lost customers in its key British market.

The shares ended 8.5% lower to value the firm at £8.3bn (€9.3bn). They were also weighed down by cuts in output from its part-owned nuclear power plants in Hunterston and Dungeness in Scotland and England, and a drop in output from its own exploration and production division of oil and gas.