a sweeping selloff across global markets on monday tied to over a potential russiaukraine war was contained somewhat in london thanks to gains for a two or three stocks the ftse 100 index ukx dropped 13 to 756144 but was faring better than some european indexes where losses topped 2 the pound gbpusd fell 02 to 1353 against the dollar while the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 2 basis points to 1519 the ftse’s gains for the year now stand at just 2