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(Noon): The pound had stabilised at midday on Tuesday, after falling sharply on concern over the outcome of Scotland's independence referendum. (Close): Shares slipped for the second day running with uncertainty around Scotland's independence referendum again raising concerns.
It edged up 0.11% against the US dollar to $1.61230 and against the euro it rose 0.17% to 1.25110 euros. The FTSE 100 was 5.7 points lower at 6,829, with Perth-based energy firm SSE and Royal Dutch Shell, both down 1.4%, among the main fallers.
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 was barely changed, down 2.36 points to 6,832.41. The pound was just above 1.60 against the dollar after big losses on Monday. It was down on the euro, at 1.25.
Energy companies were the worst performers - with Shell, SSE and BG Group at the bottom of the index. Whitbread fell 0.18%, having risen sharply earlier after a trading update.
Whitbread shares fell back, having risen sharply earlier in the session, after a trading update. Supermarket Morrisons rose 3% after analysts at Citi placed a buy note on the stock amid hopes that the chain will preserve its dividend at half-year results on Thursday.
The company said sales rose by 12.8% in the 11 weeks to 14 August, driven by strong performances at the hotel chain Premier Inn as well as its Costa Coffee business. Other risers included Lloyds Banking Group, which recovered some of Monday's referendum-driven weakness to rise by 1.1p to 73.3p.
On the FTSE 250, shares in Petra Diamonds rose nearly 7% after it announced it had discovered a white diamond at its Cullinan mine in South Africa, thought to be worth between $10m-$16m. Some investors were stepping aside until the outcome of the Scotland referendum on 18 September. "We are actually not doing much until the Scotland vote," said Mark Ward, the head of trading at Sanlam Securities. "We are fairly cautious."