The Bank of England opted to boost charges by 0.5 share factors to five%, shocking economists who have been anticipating a smaller improve.
But the prospect of a recession being a side-effect of curbing inflation dampened investor sentiment.
The FTSE 100 fell 0.76%, down 57.15 factors to 7,502.03, with the likes of Barclays, HSBC, NatWest, Persimmon and Beazley all recording losses on Thursday.