Drugmaker Shire was among the fallers on Wednesday as the FTSE 100’s best quarter on record ended with a whimper
Sep 30
UK blue chips have propelled the FTSE index to its best three months since it started in 1984, fuelled by a flood of government liquidity and investors’ hopes for a lasting economic recovery, gaining 21 per cent since June
Sep 30
Pharmaceuticals led a decline on European indices after UBS downgraded Germany’s Bayer from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’