A stock market bloodbath saw £37 billion wiped off the FTSE 100 on Friday as a host of weak economic data pummelled shares. A stock market bloodbath saw £37 billion wiped off the FTSE 100 on Friday as a host of weak economic data pummelled shares. For its part, Sports Direct said it had offered to buy Debenhams’ Danish business, Magasin du Nord, for £100 million. The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Pearson up 14p at 849.2p, Next up 64p at 5,380p, Kingfisher up 2p at 228.6p and Auto Trader up 2.2p at 512.2p. The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were NMC Health down 156p at 2,424p, Standard Life down 27.8p at 578.6p, Smurfit Kappa down 100p at 2,186p and DS Smith down 14.9p at 342.3p.

Source: Irish Independent March 22, 2019 17:37 UTC