FTSE 100 closes in the red, Wall Street fares no better Companies Follow John on: FTSE 100 closes in the red, Wall Street fares no better On the plus side, we've got this far without rehashing the old Star Wars "May the fourth" joke ... d'oh! FTSE 100 dips 47 points Wall Street follows world markets lower Ocado the weakest blue-chip 5.15pm: Both sides of the Atlantic struggling The FTSE 100 ended Tuesday down 47 points, 0.7%, at 6,923, despite a promising start to the day. The FTSE 250 lost 167 points, 0.7%, to 22,330. Markets have been rocked by a wave of volatility on an otherwise inconspicuous day, with sharp declines in the DAX and Treasury yields, and cryptos giving way to dollar and gold gains," IG Senior Market Analyst Joshua Mahony wrote. " ...Airlines have received a welcome lift as Europe moves closer to resuming non-essential travel, with the UK government expected to spell out exactly what countries fall into each category of the traffic light system. Nonetheless, the resumption of flights does bring its risks, with more infectious and evasive variants from around the world likely to grow in numbers once travel restarts."