10 March 2021 | 11:58am
StockMarketWire.com - Weakness in the mining sector amid slumping iron ore prices saw the FTSE 100 underperform other European markets on Wednesday. By midday the index was down 0.3% to 6,710.18.
BHP fell 3.3% to £21.28 and Rio Tinto fell 3% to £56.45.
In corporate news, insurance group Legal & General shed 0.4% to 280.9p, having reported a 15% fall in annual profit driven by pandemic-related claims.
Legal & General held its dividend steady at 17.57p per share.
Food delivery service Just Eat Takeway gained 4.1% to £71.22 as it posted a deeper annual loss of €147 million after a rise in revenue was offset by higher spending.
On a positive note, Just Eat forecast a further acceleration in order growth in 2021 amid high demand for deliveries during the pandemic.
âTripAdvisor: After seeing the commercials, we assumed the Keys would be safe. Imagine our shock at the packed restaurants, lack of masks, horrible traffic and crowds. So much for truth in advertising, showing deserted beaches and calm streets instead of the zoo the Florida Keys really are. Shameful.â
âNo need for cruise ships. The city is packed without them!â
âI was up reading around 1:15 a.m. There was a large and loud jet flying into Key West. What ever happened to the sensible restrictions/curfew on the time and number of airplanes coming to our little island? We are exchanging one set of traffic problems (ships) with another (airplanes).