Marks & Spencer is delisting from stock markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels.

The group has decided to pull out due to the low amount of its shares traded in each exchange.

Only a very small percentage of the group's shares are held via the listings and M&S said the move was "good housekeeping".

The group is in the process of closing or selling its stores on the Continent as part of a drive to focus on its core UK business.

It has sold stores in France and Spain and is also shutting its operations in Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

M&S hopes to return £2bn to shareholders in March from money raised through disposals and property deals.

BT delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange last month.