Stocks fell in the middle of the week with investors opting to sit on their hands ahead of the US central bank's interest rate decision scheduled for later.
Utilities paced gains on the FTSE 350 on Thursday as investors added to their positions in interest rate sensitive names in a bid to lock in current dividend yields.
Stocks in the UK ended the session clearly in the red amid growth concerns in China and the US, which resulted in broad-based losses in the commodities space.
