legal  general group plc lgen shares slid 162 to £262 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 013 to 792992 legal  general group plc closed 2640 pence short of its 52week high £288 which the company reached on august 17 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use