The FTSE 100 index fell by more than 100 points on Friday as investors continued to digest heavy losses on Wall Street .

It finished 108.72 points lower, a fall of 1.0%, at 10,673.94.

During the session it had dropped as far as 10,528.07.

The FTSE 250 lost 197.66 points, or 0.8%, closing at 24,504.32, while the AIM all-share slipped 3.36 points, 0.4%, to 753.73.

Across the week as a whole, the FTSE 100 lost 0.5%, the FTSE 250 gained 0.2% and the AIM all-share advanced 0.2%.

The pressure came from the United States, where Thursday had brought steep declines.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 3.4%, the S&P 500 gave back 4.4% and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 5.5%.

For the Nasdaq it was the worst drop since the tariff fuelled falls in April 2025, and it left the tech-laden index in “correction” territory – more than 10% below its recent record high.

The falls were sparked by concerns about the outlook for technology stocks in the wake of the midterm wins for the Democrats , with some of the biggest…