FTSE 100 Live 15 April: Index closes lower, Goldman profits surprise [Video]

UK unemployment and wages data will be the most-watched release tomorrow, but there’s plenty else about:

7am – UK employment (February)

Have Nationwide members got a change of forcing a vote on the building society’s controversial £2.9 billion takeover of Virgin Money?

Absolutely not, say its highly paid advisers, which include Goldman Sachs. An organisation famous for its support of mutuality (clears throat, straightens tie).

The folks fighting for the vote are at least imaginative. Their latest wheeze is to ask supporters to withdraw all but £100 from their Nationwide deposit accounts.

The FTSE 100 closed lower today at 7965.53, despite a brief moment above the 8000 mark.

London’s top flight was near a record close in the mid-afternoon, before falling as the US stock rally underwhelmed.

Fresnilllo and BP were among the top fallers, after big gains for both on …