India, March 28 -- U.K. stocks are swinging between gains and losses in cautious trade on Friday with investors digesting the latest set of economic data, and continuing to assess the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff moves.
The benchmark FTSE 100, which dropped to 8,636.11 earlier in the session, was up 18.32 points or 0.21% at 8,684.44 a few minutes before noon.
Spirax Group and Anglo American Plc are down 2.5% and 2.4%, respectively. IAG, Barclays, Entain, IMI, Rolls-Royce Holdings and BP are declining 1.3 to 2%.
Melrose Industries, Rentokil Initial, Natwest Group, Weir Group, Diploma, Antofagasta, Rio Tinto and BAE Systems are also notably lower.
Among the gainers, SSE, Severn Trent, Endeavour Mining, United Utilities a...