FTSE 100 Live: UK blue-chips nudge into the red; Vistry leads mid-cap losers

London’s FTSE 100 slipped in early trading, nudging down 12 points to 10,889.04 in the first 15 minutes as blue-chips opened slightly in the red during the peak of the holiday season. Vistry, the housebuilder, was the morning’s main early mover, down 9% around 8.15am following reports that its credit insurance cover has been cut. The broader index was about 41 points lower versus Friday’s close of 10,901.09, despite a positive mood in Asia and a record-high finish on Wall Street. Oil was up roughly 1%, while crude-linked inflation fears weighed.