Stocks in London have ended lower on Tuesday as a fresh US strike on Iran added to market nerves ahead of mid-term elections across the pond.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 122.90 points, 1.1%, at 10,638.43. The FTSE 250 ended 120.94 points lower, 0.5%, at 24,674.91, and the AIM all-share declined 3.32 points, 0.4%, at 754.60.

In Europe, the CAC 40 in Paris ended down 0.2%, while the DAX 40 shed 0.5% in Frankfurt.

Around the time of the London equities close on Tuesday, stocks in New York were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the S&P 500 was 0.5% higher and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9%.

Investors were wary as US voters headed to the polls.…