Sharp share price falls from a number of financials have sent the FTSE 100 lower today, with the index approaching a four-month low.
A lack of further easing from the Japanese authorities coupled with fears over QE in Europe rattled markets today, sending the FTSE 100 to a seven-week low, with asset managers some of the biggest fallers.
Wall Street extended losses on Wednesday as fears deepened that the Federal Reserve will pull back its quantitative easing programme.
Hedge fund manager Man Group's shares nosedived on Wednesday, after its flagship hedge fund AHL reported one of its biggest weekly losses.
Supermarket giant Tesco suffered another fall in sales in the UK in the first quarter of this year as the business continues to struggle to regain momentum amid the economic slowdown and the recent horsemeat scandal.
London's leading share index has started the week firmly lower, with global sentiment knocked by worse than expected Chinese manufacturing data which had already sparked yet another slump for Japan's stock market.
The FTSE 100 index fell once again today as nervous investors continued to take profits, but it remains on track to lock-in its twelfth consecutive month of gains.
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