FTSE 100 ends flat as bank gains offset weak gold

It was a downbeat day for the FTSE 100 (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Archive)

Blue chips have closed with little changed on a generally downbeat day for stocks in London.

The FTSE 100 index closed down just 0.73 of a point at 9,701.80. The FTSE 250 ended down 38.68 points, 0.2%, at 21,982.00, and the AIM All-Share closed down 6.47 points, 0.9%, at 748.32.