The FTSE 100 opens down by 63.77 points to 7,328.05 as tensions between the US and North Korea push investors into safe haven assets, including gold and currencies. Overnight on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial slipped 300 points and Asian markets continue to extend their sell-off as the rhetoric between the two states intensifies.FTSE 100 investment and banking company Old Mutual (OML) is...

London shares start the week on the front foot as big commodities blue-chips rally strongly in early deals on Monday. The FTSE 100 index rises around 60 points, or 1%, to 6,101 although midcaps gains are harder won. The FTSE 250 nudges 0.3% up to 16,865.China's mainland Shanghai Composite stock exchange re-opens after a four-day break, posting a 2.5% decline overnight which sees it catch up...