UK's FTSE 100 ended Friday flat after a rally fizzled on worries of higher interest rates sparked by the Bank of Japan's surprise tweak to its yield control policy, while AstraZeneca led gains in the pharmaceutical sector.
ended at 7,694.27 points, after clocking its highest level in nine weeks earlier in the session. It scored its third weekly gain in a row.
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