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LONDON (AFP) – The London stock exchange slumped on Friday as investors reacted to disappointing jobs data from the United States.

The FTSE 100 index lost 0.39 percent at 5,745.32 points.

Lloyds Banking Group (LGB) was the most traded stock, seeing 130 million shares switch owners, followed by Royal Bank of Scotland which saw 98.8 million units change hands.

Fresnillo was the top blue-chip performer, adding 60 pence -- or 3.98 percent -- to end at 1568 pence, followed by Johnson Matthey which rose 59 pence -- or 3.16 percent -- to finish at 1926 pence.

Man Group led the fallers, shedding 9.60 percent -- or 3.33 pence -- to end at 279.1 pence, followed by Sage Group which was down 9.20 pence -- or 3.18 percent -- at 279.8 pence.

Meanwhile, the pound rose against the dollar but lost to the euro.

At 17:04 GMT, sterling was trading at 1. 5732, down from 1.5600 dollars at the same time on Thursday, while the currency stood at 1.764 euros, up from 1.1810 over the same period.

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