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.
Stocks on the FTSE 350 slumped on Tuesday led by declines in cyclical areas of the market such as Autos and Banks.
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.
The FTSE 350 started the month of September on a down note with Defence issues weakest as analysts acted on the sector's lofty valuation.
Cyclicals paced gains at the end of the week after Federal Reserve chief, Jerome Powell, confirmed that investors could expect a first interest rate cut for this cycle when rate-setters in the US next met.
Big Oil was the biggest drag on the FTSE 350 amid concern about global oil demand.
Stocks finished a rough and tumble week on the up as markets at least stabilised following the volatility storm of the previous weekend.
Stocks ended a tad lower on Thursday, but well off their session lows after the release of better-than-expected weekly jobless claims figures in the US.
UK stocks stabilised on Tuesday even as analysts and investors tried to determine whether or not recent losses in global stock markets were a simple correction or if more losses lay immediately ahead.
UK stocks ended the week on a down note as a volatility storm hit equities around the world after another softer-than-expected reading on America's labour market.
Lenders paced losses on the FTSE 350 with NatWest Group and HSBC leading decliners.
Gains for industrial miners and oil stocks saw the FTSE 350 outperform its counterparts on the Continent on Wednesday.
FTSE 350 stocks trade mixed at the start of the week with Defensive issues on the rise whilst geopolitics and concerns around economic growth overseas weighed on Travel and Personal Goods.
UK stocks put in a mixed showing in the middle of the week as a stronger-than-expected reading on inflation tempered expectations for a September cut in Bank Rate.
Real estate names and homebuilders paced gains at the end of the week amid ongoing optimism around Labour having come out on top in the elections.
Homebuilders and Utilities paced gains on Thursday following the release of a weaker-than-expected reading for US inflation in the month of June that weighed on longer-term government bond yields on either side of the Atlantic.
UK stocks underperformed their peers on the other side of the Pond again on Tuesday.
UK corporates appeared to continue to be in the crosshairs of foreign groups at the start of the week.
UK stocks were higher at the end of the week following a massive win for Labour under Sir Keir Starmer in the previous night's election.