uk stocks finished lower friday with the ftse 100 index ukx dropping 101 at 733540 among ftse 100 constituents wired telecommunications services company bt group plc bta saw the largest decrease friday as shares shed 607 shares of investment advisors firms intermediate capital group plc icp abrdn plc abdn shed 582 and 555 respectively hikma pharmaceuticals plc hik  a pharmaceuticals company and food retail company ocado group plc ocdo rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 454 and 448 respectively polymetal international plc poly  a general mining company saw the largest increase of the ftse 100 constituents as shares climbed 275 on friday shares of general mining firm glencore plc glen and securities company london stock exchange group plc lseg rose 223 and 197 respectively fresnillo plc fres  a precious metals company and tobacco company imperial brands plc imb rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 175 and 118 respectively the pound was up 053 against dollar gbpusd at 12174 and 003 against the euro gbpeur at €11414 brent crude brn00 dropped 24 to 7292 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y declined 15590 basis points to 3282 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