uk stocks dropped friday as the ftse 100 index ukx closed down 212 at 731752 among ftse 100 constituents general mining company anglo american plc aal saw the largest drop friday as shares fell 747 shares of closedend funds firm scottish mortgage investment trust plc smt and building materialsproducts company crh plc crh fell 663 and 633 respectively melrose industries plc mro  a building materialsproducts company and gambling industries business flutter entertainment plc fltr rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 606 and 533 respectively aveva group plc avv  a software company saw the largest increase of the ftse 100 constituents as shares increased 235 on friday shares of food retail firm j sainsbury plc sbry and precious metals company fresnillo plc fres rose 186 and 166 respectively gsk plc gsk  a pharmaceuticals company and publishing business pearson plc pson rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 157 and 068 respectively the pound was down 134 against dollar gbpusd at 12327 and 041 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11718 brent crude usbrn00 declined 18 to 12081 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 5171 basis points to 2447 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