AlHijjah 24, 1436, October 08, 2015, SPA -- Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 pared some of the previous session's strong gains on Thursday in cautious trading ahead of an interest rate decision from the Bank of England and the index looked set to snap a week-long rally, Reuters reported. The benchmark eased 0.3 percent to 6,318.33 points by 0829 GMT, having hit a 6-week high on Wednesday and dipping into negative territory for the first time this month. It has fallen more than 11 percent since its 2015 high hit in April. The FTSE 350 mining index was fell 0.2 percent, losing some of the gains made on Wednesday when it reached its highest since the end of August, closing up 5.8 percent.