Overall, a negative day for the markets.

Mounting speculation that Spain is about to request a bailout, which would
ease fears about Eurozone crisis contagion, made up for some early falls in
Europe, before shares slipped again this afternoon.

Bullish updates from Babcock, Wolseley, and International Airlines couldn't
make up for falls in banking shares in London.

The FTSE 100 ended the day at 5809, down 11 points, or just under 0-point-2
per cent

The biggest fallers 
RBS down 3-point-3 per cent
Evraz down 2-point-9 per cent
Lloyds Banking Group down 2-point-3 per cent
Croda down 2-point-1 per cent
 and Schroders down 1-point-8 per cent

The main risers 
IAG up 3 per cent
Babcock up 2-point-4 per cent
BAe up 2 per cent
Fresnillo up 2 per cent
and IMI up 1-point-8 per cent
 
Elsewhere in Europe:
Germany's Dax fell 0-point-2 per cent
France's CAC 40 lost almost 0-point-6 per cent
Italy's MIB fell almost 0-point-2 per cent
Only Spain's IBEX rose, by just over 1 per cent

On Wall Street tonight, that Spanish bailout talk has left the Dow Jones down
almost 0-point-2 per cent so far.

On the currency markets, the Pound is up two fifths of a cent at 1 dollar 61
point 6 cents

The Euro is up a tenth of a penny at 80 point 1 pence.

For travellers, the Pound buys 1 dollar 59 point 2 cents, or 1 Euro 23 point 1
cents.

[Total 01:15]