LIVE: Wall Street and FTSE tumble as traders digest end of longest US government shutdown and weak UK growth
Wall Street opened lower on Thursday as investors absorbed the end of the longest government shutdown in US history. Meanwhile, the FTSE 100 (^FTSE) slipped while European stocks were mixed as the UK economy slowed in the third quarter of the year.
A record-long US government shutdown came to an end last night after 43 days,