Blue chips in London faded into the close on Tuesday, ending little changed, as worries over economic growth and inflation overshadowed strong results from Kingfisher. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) Index closed down just 3.36 points at 9,223.32. The FTSE 250 (^FTMC) ended 98.42 points higher, 0.5%, at 21,695.35, and the AIM All-Share (^FTAI) closed up 3.72 points, 0.5%, at 781.25. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) forecast UK inflation will reach 3.5% in 2025, 0.4 percentage points higher than its previous forecast, and the highest in the G7. Economists at Barclays said the report points to a broad-based weakening in private sector activity at the end of the third quarter.