Lingering inflation worries take wind out of FTSE's sails | 15 March 2021
15 March 2021 | 12:01pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 lost some of its early momentum, only up 0.2% to 6,776.75 having earlier traded above the 6,800 mark. US stimulus and better-than-expected Chinese data were catalysts but accompanying inflation worries continued to check the market's progress with European markets pretty flat. Subprime lender Provident Financial plunged 27% to 190.3p after it revealed UK regulators were investigating its consumer credit division, focusing on the affordability and sustainability of lending practices. Provident Financial said it was planning to spend up...