Global financial markets were badly shaken today as at least 33 people were killed in bomb attacks on London underground trains and a bus.
World stock markets plunged while sterling slid as London's transport network was hit by fatal blasts that also sent oil prices plummeting from the day's record peaks.
London's FTSE closed down 1.4%, or 71 points, at 5,158 after falling more than 3% following initial news of the explosions. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones and Nasdaq fell initially, but recoved to be up slightly later in the evening.
Dublin's ISEQ lost 1% to 6,480. Elsewhere in Europe, the Frankfurt DAX dived 1.8% to 4,530 and in Paris the CAC 40 dropped 1.4% to 4,219.
Travel, hotels and leisure stocks were worst hit, while insurance stocks were also sharply lower.
Sterling fell sharply on news of the blasts, losing more than a cent to $1,7424, while oil prices tumbled by more than $4 a barrel, having reached new record highs above $62 earlier in the day as tropical storms threatened to bear down on US oil production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
