Stocks in the UK fell Friday, dragged lower by a flareup in tensions between the US and North Korea, but the benchmark FTSE 100 was on course to break a run of weekly losses, MarketWatch reports.
The FTSE 100 index fell 0.3% to 7,245.01, led by losses in the basic materials and financial groups. But consumer-related shares were among advancing sectors. The index on Thursday ended 0.1% lower. A loss on Friday would be its third in a row.
