London’s FTSE 100 was flat at 7,529.56 in afternoon trade on Friday.
BP was the standout gainer as oil prices rallied, with Brent crude hitting $92 a barrel.
BT was also a high riser, having lost ground on Thursday after it announced it was in talks with US-based Discovery about forming a sport broadcasting joint venture and reported a 3% drop in profit for the first nine months of the year.
On the downside, Chilean copper miner Antofagasta was weaker again. The shares fell earlier in the week after a top policymaker in Chile indicated that the government would need to raise taxes amid concerns about inflation.
Banks Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest were all in the red, having gained a day earlier after the Bank of England hiked interest rates to 0.5%.
FTSE 100 – Risers
BP (BP.) 405.60p 3.36%
BT Group (BT.A) 191.40p 2.88%
Avast (AVST) 617.40p 2.25%
WPP (WPP) 1,183.50p 1.89%
Imperial Brands (IMB) 1,753.50p 1.71%
Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,885.50p 1.70%
British American Tobacco (BATS) 3,244.00p 1.68%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 135.12p 1.15%
DCC (CDI) (DCC) 6,320.00p 0.96%
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,643.40p 0.91%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,201.50p -4.53%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 1,296.00p -4.32%
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 51.33p -3.70%
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 112.46p -3.60%
Intermediate Capital Group (ICP) 1,857.00p -3.58%
Kingfisher (KGF) 315.20p -3.37%
Ocado Group (OCDO) 1,398.00p -3.29%
Barclays (BARC) 197.76p -3.27%
Melrose Industries (MRO) 147.10p -3.03%
NATWEST GROUP PLC ORD 100P (NWG) 245.10p -2.97%
