(Kirsty O’Connor/PA)Without the spring in its step to match the weather and other indexes in Europe, the FTSE 100 dipped slightly on Monday. The FTSE 100’s 0.1% fall, by 4.4 points to 6,736, with its better-performing peers on the continent. Shares rose 0.9%. The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Renishaw, up 250p to 6250p, Reckitt Benckiser, up 192p to 6564p, BT, up 4.35p to 152.4p, United Utilities, up 19.4p to 926.8p, and Severn Trent, up 43p to 2342p. The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were Flutter Entertainment, down 545p to 15935p, Persimmon, down 94p to 2927p, Smiths Group, down 47.5p to 1512.5p, Entain, down 44.5p to 1510p, and Barratt Development, down 21p to 749.6p.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2021 16:37 UTC