European equities suffered their worst one-day points fall in 3½ years on Wednesday after inflationary fears returned to haunt commodities and stock markets for the second time this week.
The FTSE Eurofirst 300 dropped 2.8 per cent to 1,310.01.
By Neil Dennis and Darryl Thomson
Published: May 17 2006 07:33 | Last updated: May 17 2006 18:35
European equities suffered their worst one-day points fall in 3½ years on Wednesday after inflationary fears returned to haunt commodities and stock markets for the second time this week.
The FTSE Eurofirst 300 dropped 2.8 per cent to 1,310.01.