ROYAL Bank of Scotland was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 Index yesterday as it continued to come under pressure over its computer glitch crisis.

RBS, the owner of NatWest, saw shares fall 4%, down 9.1p to 227.7p, with some in the City estimating the recent IT meltdown could cost the bank tens of millions of pounds.

The wider Footsie lost early session gains to close down 3.7 points at 5447 amid doubts that a European summit will get to grips with the debt crisis.

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