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Instead investors took notice of a report suggesting that China would ban advertising for expensive luxury items, which could hit the sectors' hopes for strong growth from the region.
Disappointing figures from UBS and Deutsche Bank also hit the sector, with Royal Bank of Scotland down 3.7p at 364.8p.
The allegation of mis-selling by the country's biggest energy supplier is the latest in a series of scandals to hit the sector.
Many utilities do not have the dividend yields they once did, and the market's recent turbulence has hit the sector as much as, or more than, others.
Funding cuts, which have hit the sector hard over the past few years, remain one of the key drivers pushing college to merge.
Retail insiders point to the ongoing high street crisis and the spectre of Brexit, which could hit the sector's profitability next year.
In the final budget before the general election, Osborne announced £1.3bn in tax and investment incentives for the North Sea industry after dire warnings that the plunging oil price, which hit $50 a barrel earlier this year, could critically hit the sector.
Like the rest of Japan's once-dominant semiconductor industry, Renesas, one of the largest chip makers in the world, is facing the biggest shakeout to hit the sector in a decade.
But the losses may stay contained, since so many downgrades have already hit the sector.
The advanced technology that powers smart machines is just beginning to hit the sector.
