shares of legal  general group plc lgen slid 333 to £230 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the ftse 100 index ukx falling 175 to 762710 legal  general group plc closed 8153 pence short of its 52week high £311 which the company reached on march 8 trading volume 208 m remained 19 million below its 50day average volume of 227 m 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