The UK government has sold GBP1.24 billion in NatWest shares back to the company, the Treasury and the bank said in separate statements on Friday morning.
The Treasury sold 392.4 million shares, a.
The FTSE 100 in London opened higher on Friday, as investors eye a key US inflation data.
The FTSE 100 index opened up 12.67 points, 0.2%, at 8,243.72. The FTSE 250 was down 16.03 points, 0.1%, at.
The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday.
SMALL-CAP - WINNERS
Galliford Try Holdings PLC, up 2.3% at 265.00 pence,.
The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday:
FTSE 100
RBC raises Centrica to outperform - price target 170 pence.
Harbour Energy PLC on Friday said that it continues to make good progress on its acquisition of the Wintershall Dea asset portfolio.
Harbour is an oil and gas company operating in the UK North Sea,.