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According to a report by Reuters, the index was down 2.05 points at 5563.48 earlier in the day after it had closed up at a four-month high of 1.2 per cent at 5,565.53 points.
It led David Buik, senior partner at BGC Partners, to call for a moment to pause for reflection and he noted that it has been a "terrific run with little pieces of information to encourage the system".
US retail sales data is also set to be revealed later today and the publication has noted that London's blue chips are currently outperforming indices in the US.
This news comes after the FTSE 100 increased by 0.7 per cent yesterday morning which was partly down to new banking rules published, Reuters reported.
Posted by Chris Weaver
