London stock market has busiest day ever in wake of terrorist attacks

THE London stock market had its busiest day ever after bomb blasts rocked London last Thursday, it emerged yesterday.

Thousands of investors made millions of pounds by buying shares as the FTSE 100 Index fell 200 points and then watching it rebound sharply the day after.

The number of transactions broke a record during the day, hitting about 350,000 against an average in the last quarter of about 300,000, a London Stock Exchange spokesman said.