India, Aug. 22 -- U.K. stocks are turning in a mixed performance in cautious trade on Friday, amid a lack of fresh triggers. Investors are awaiting Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech later in the day at the Jackson Hole Symposium, for clues about U.S. central bank's interest rate move next month.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was last seen at 9,302.16, down 7.04 points or 0.08% from previous closing level.
Standard Chartered is rising 3.75%. Airtel Africa is up nearly 2%, while IAG, Pershing Square Holdings, Centrica, Mondi, WPP, BAE Systems, EasyJet, Persimmon and Lloyds Banking Group are gaining 0.6 to 1.2%.
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