British stocks down 0.80 pct Friday

LONDON, Dec.11 (Xinhua) -- British stocks decreased on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index down by 0.80 percent, or 53.01 points, to close at 6,546.75 points.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering, a multi-national industrial engineering group, soared 2.13 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Burberry Group and Bunzl increased by 1.88 percent and 1.74 percent, respectively.

Rolls-Royce Holdings, a UK-based engineering company, was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 7.87 percent. NatWest group, a British banking and financial services company, dropped 6.67 percent. Lloyds Banking Group, a major British financial institution, fell 4.49 percent.