UK markets stumble; LSE lower | 5 March 2021
5 March 2021 | 08:40am StockMarketWire.com - UK markets have been rattled following remarks made by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell yesterday (4 March), after he said that the central bank would be 'patient' with higher inflation, which was likely to be a 'one-off effect'. At 08.20am, the FTSE 100 was down 1.1% at 6,578.82, while the FTSE 250 was 1% lower at 21,086.19. UK bourse operator London Stock Exchange has tumbled 3.8% to £91.28 after it reported an increase in annual profit on higher revenue in its information services and post-trade clearing business. For the year ended 3...