(Close): London's leading shares lost ground on Thursday, dragged down by the mining sector.
Giants Glencore and Fresnillo were both in the top five worst performers, falling by 3.57% and 3.12% respectively.
Aberdeen Asset Management was down by 3.15% after going ex-dividend. And BG Group was down 3.21%.
Overall, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 24.27 points or 0.37% at 6,475.77.
"The FTSE 100 is being held down by its heavily weighted mining sector as gold, silver and iron ore prices came down, reflecting the slowdown globally and within China," said Jasper Lawler, analyst at CMC Markets.
"While the Chinese government continues to attempt its fine-tuning of the economy and holds off going whole-hog on stimulus, mining shares will be vulnerable."
On the broader FTSE 250, fashion retailer Supergroup rebounded from heavy early falls, to end the day virtually unchanged, despite disclosing that its half-year profits had fallen 32%.
