uk stocks increased friday as the ftse 100 index ukx closed up 203 at 733484 among ftse 100 constituents general mining company anglo american plc aal saw the largest increase friday as shares jumped 1113 shares of life insurance firm prudential plc pru and general mining company bhp group ltd bhp climbed 897 and 771 respectively fresnillo plc fres  a precious metals company and general mining business rio tinto plc rio rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 769 and 759 respectively hikma pharmaceuticals plc hik  a pharmaceuticals company saw the largest decline among ftse 100 constituents as shares shed 382 on friday shares of defense equipmentproducts firm bae systems plc ba and publishing company pearson plc pson dropped 299 and 200 respectively bt group plc bta  a wired telecommunications services company and food retail business j sainsbury plc sbry rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks shed 198 and 137 respectively the pound was up 124 against dollar gbpusd at 11297 and was down 045 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11394 brent crude usbrn00 increased 37 to 9818 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y increased 1970 basis points to 3535 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