The blue-chip FTSE 100 and the more domestically-focused FTSE 250 midcaps shed 0.7% each.

Energy stocks fell 1.0%, while base metal miners and precious metal miners dropped 0.6% and 0.9%, respectively.

Commodity prices dipped on worries about demand from top consumer China where protests against strict COVID-19 restrictions flared up. China's zero-COVID policy has already slowed the economy and pressured global growth but failed to stem the rise in infections. [O/R] [GOL/] [MET/L]

Asia-exposed lenders HSBC and Standard Chartered both fell more than 1%.

Data showed Black Friday shopper numbers across Britain rose 3.7% year-on-year, albeit they were still down 21.3% on pre-pandemic levels. The focus will now be on Cyber Monday sales amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)