uk stocks finished higher friday with the ftse 100 index ukx growing 053 at 738552 among ftse 100 constituents air freight company international distribution services plc ids saw the largest increase friday as shares climbed 632 shares of clothing retail firm jd sports fashion plc jd and clothing retail company next plc nxt climbed 432 and 347 respectively kingfisher plc kgf  a home goods retail company and life insurance firm phoenix group holdings plc phnx rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 340 and 333 respectively polymetal international plc poly  a general mining company saw the largest drop among ftse 100 constituents as shares declined 286 on friday shares of life insurance firm prudential plc pru and precision products company smiths group plc smin declined 190 and 135 respectively rollsroyce holdings plc rr  an aerospace productsparts company and general mining firm glencore plc glen rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 128 and 119 respectively the pound was up 028 against dollar gbpusd at 11899 and 045 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11498 brent crude usbrn00 fell 32 to 8693 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y increased 3830 basis points to 3239 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use