The main UK stock indexes eased from multi-week highs on Tuesday after US President-elect Donald Trump’s latest tariff proposal for some of the country’s biggest trading partners sparked risk-off moves across global markets.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 0.4 per cent after touching a one-month closing high in the previous session. The FTSE 250 midcap index .FTMC dropped 0.9 per cent after hitting a near one-month high on Monday.