London Markets: Sainsbury retreats from three-year high as FTSE 100 slips

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U.K. supermarket chain J Sainsbury on Tuesday retreated from a three-year high, as no bid has yet to materialize.

Sainsbury
SBRY,
-3.62%

shares lost nearly 4%, following the 15% surge on Monday, which came after a report from the Sunday Times said the private-equity group Apollo was debating whether to make a takeover offer.

Wm. Morrison Supermarkets
MRW,
-0.27%
,
the target of a private-equity battle, slipped 0.3%.

The broader FTSE 100
UKX,
-0.45%

retreated 0.3% to 7,085.57, as banks and drugmakers also declined.

Travel plays including British Airways owner International Airlines Group
IAG,
+2.37%

and hotels operator Whitbread
WTB,
+3.05%

each rose 3%.

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