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It fell by 15.56 points to end the day at 5,444.82 as traders continued to show signs of concern over the future of the eurozone's debt crisis.
Colin Cieszynski, a market analyst at CMC Markets, told Reuters: "The outlook for the euro zone economy is now significantly more negative and politicians have missed their opportunity to prevent a European credit crunch."
Commodities and banking stocks suffered yesterday, with Vedanta Resources the top blue chip faller, registering a drop of 9.5 per cent.
HSBC also suffered, with stocks in the bank declining by 1.9 per cent in value following the release of a disappointing third-quarter trading update.
The FTSE Mid 250 also declined yesterday, closing 0.8 per cent lower than it opened to finish the day at 10,187.44, more than 81 points lower than its opening level.
Posted by Greg Secker
