
Blue chips in London nudged higher on Thursday despite sluggish economic growth in August and a 10% drop for Premier Inn owner Whitbread.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.34 points, 0.1%, at 9,436.09. The FTSE 250 ended 29.60 points lower, 0.1%, at 21,991.36 while the AIM All-Share was up 2.47 points, 0.3%, to 789.89.