REUTERS/Sheng Li
A winter swimmer gestures as he jumps into the icy water of partially frozen Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province December 28, 2013. The temperature in Harbin on Saturday reached as low as minus 21 degrees Celsius (minus 5.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
The FTSE shrugged off a rate cut from the People's Bank of China to close down 1.69% to 5,978.50.
The drop made made yesterday's first rise in 11 sessions look increasingly like a dead cat bounce.
Worst hit were the miners, on concerns profits will be hit by falling commodities prices.
Rangold Resources fell 6.57% while Fresnillo plunged 4.17%
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The other European markets were also down today. The DAX fell 1.26% while the Euro Stoxx 50 was down 1.42%