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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

FTSE 100 drops to three-month low as pound also slumps

London stocks dropped on Tuesday (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

London’s top stock index slid to its lowest closing price for three months on Tuesday amid a global sell-off, while the pound slumped after a drop in wage growth.

Top commodity stocks in the City had a particularly poor session, with Anglo American, Glencore and Antofagasta all lower on the back of waning metal prices.

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