FTSE slips 0.15% to close (AFP)

London (AFP) - London stocks ended lower Friday, at the end of a volatile week for equities.

Index FTSE 100 in London of main actions dragged 0.15% at the end of the day at 5,948.49 points.

Lloyds Banking Group was the most commonly traded stock of the day, with 170 million units changing hands in brisk trade. It was followed by Vodafone, which has seen 104 million shares to switch owners.

Associated British Foods, international food giant, has been the best performer of blue chip of the day, rising 33 pence (3.12%) to finish at 1,090.

It was followed by BP, who obtained 12.1 pence, or 2.71%, at the end of the day at 460.

Shares in energy giant shot after it announced that it had recovered $ 1.065 billion (￡ 0.656 billion) in costs related to the Mexico Gulf oil spill devastating year last a U.S. subsidiary of Japanese trade house Mitsui & Co.

Lloyds Banking Group has been the worst performance stock on the list of exhibits and the widely traded in stock exchange, excretion 1.52 pence, or 2.86%, at the end of the day at 51.61.

It was followed by Wolseley, largest distributor in the world of heating and plumbing products, which has dragged 39 pence or 1.88%, to finish at 2,031.

On the foreign exchange market, a book was worth 1.1445 euros or $ 1.6228 to the TSB in 1701.

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