Banks and financial services led stocks that fell in the first post-Christmas trading on 29 December, which analysts say is in response to developments around Brexit and a lack of detail for market operations come 1 January.

Lloyds Banking Group (-3.54%), Barclays (-2.69%), NatWest (-2.63%), and HSBC (-0.21%) were among the biggest fallers , even though the FST 100 and 250 saw trading edge higher on news of a trade deal.