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The FTSE 100 on Thursday fell back from recent record highs weighed by soft economic data, mixed earnings and a batch of index heavyweights going ex-dividend.
The FTSE 100 index closed down 103.74 points, 1.1%, at 9,807.68.
The FTSE 250 ended 139.81 points lower, 0.6%, at 21,995.51, and the AIM All-Share slid 7.70 points, 1.0%, at 755.46.
Figures showed UK GDP grew just 0.1% in the third quarter, slowing from 0.3% growth in the previous quarter with September GDP down 0.1%.
The quarterly reading missed the FXStreet-cited consensus forecast for 0.2% growth, and marked the final reading before Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget later this month.
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