uk stocks increased friday as the ftse 100 index ukx closed up 186 at 728119 of the ftse 100 constituents investment advisors company abrdn plc abdn saw the largest increase friday as shares rose 745 shares of life insurance firm prudential plc pru and medical equipmentsupplies company smith  nephew plc sn rallied 624 and 571 respectively fresnillo plc fres  a precious metals company and aerospace productsparts company rollsroyce holdings plc rr rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 550 and 527 respectively berkeley group holdings plc bkg  a residential building construction company saw the largest drop among ftse 100 constituents as shares shed 270 on friday shares of residential building construction firms persimmon plc psn barratt developments plc bdev dropped 190 and 123 respectively gsk plc gsk  a pharmaceuticals company and residential building construction firm taylor wimpey plc tw rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 038 and 019 respectively the pound was up 031 against dollar gbpusd at 11582 and was down 051 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11549 brent crude usbrn00 rallied 18 to 9401 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 1207 basis points to 2917 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