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(Reuters) - Banks and industrial stocks weighed on London s FTSE 100 on Friday, while airline stocks came under pressure as Britain tightened travel restrictions again.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index edged 0.1% lower, with HSBC, Prudential, Barclays and Lloyds banking group down between 0.7% and 1.2% after weaker than expected U.S. jobs data pushed bond yields lower.
Miners, including Anglo American, BHP Group and Rio Tinto offered the biggest support.
British airways owner IAG lost 0.9% after Britain removed Portugal from its quarantine-free travel list and added seven more countries to its red list.
Other airlines including Ryanair Holdings, Wizz Air and EasyJet fell between 1% and 2.6%.
Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday, supported by healthcare and consumer discretionary stocks, although energy stocks, tracking a more than 2% fall in crude oil prices, limited gains.