U.K. stocks turned in a mixed performance on Friday with investors largely making cautious moves, after data showed continued contraction in the nation’s services sector activity.
Bank stocks shed ground, while miners found modest support.
The benchmark FTSE 100, which advanced to 10,699.13 earlier in the session, was down 26.90 points or 0.25% at 10,625.97 nearly an hour past noon.
Intercontinental Hotels Group shed 2.3%. Diageo, Games Workshop, Entain, Tesco, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Kingfisher, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury (J) declined by 1.3%-1.7%.
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Market Analysis
FTSE Modestly Lower As Weak Data Weighs
2026-07-03 11:52:23
