10 March 2021 | 08:37am
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened lower on Wednesday after large mining companies were hit by a drop in the price of iron ore.
At 0824, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 30.09 points, or 0.5%, at 6,700.25.
BHP fell 2.6% to £21.435 and Rio Tinto fell 4.3% to £55.68.
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 slipped 0.2% to £68.30 as it posted a deeper annual loss of €147 million after a rise in revenue was offset by higher spending.