Stocks drop back from 13-year high

May 24, 2013, 2:22am

Stormy day for equities as FTSE falls by the most in over a year

VOLATILE markets plummeted yesterday, reversing some of the extraordinary, record-breaking gains that have been printed during May.

The FTSE 100 suffered its sharpest one-day drop in a year, closing down 2.1 per cent at 6,696.79.

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