The FTSE 100’s early promise faded on Friday amid downbeat economic growth figures and fresh US tech weakness.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 54.1 points, 0.6%, at 9,649.03.

It had earlier traded as high as 9,761.47.

The FTSE 250 ended 24.45 points higher, 0.1%, at 21,876.55, and the AIM All-Share ended up 3.70 points, 0.5%, at 751.36.

For the week, the FTSE 100 fell 0.2%, the FTSE 250 declined 0.9% and the AIM All-Share dropped 0.2%.

The mood was knocked by news that the UK economy shrank in October, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Gross domestic product is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in October, the same as in September, missing the FXStreet-cited market consensus for a 0.1% rise.

Services output fell by 0.3%, while construction output fell by 0.

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