The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,129.92, down 1.18 points or -0.02% on the day and up 89.16 points (+1.77%) over the week.
The much anticipated speech from Ben Bernanke in the US helped UK company shares recover much of their losses from earlier in trading, to finish the day broadly flat.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Stock were amongst the leaders on Friday, following speculation that the European ban on short selling banking stocks could last for the rest of the year.
Over a year the FTSE 100 has fallen from 5,155.80, a fall of 25.88 points or -0.50%.
£1 is currently worth $1.63690 US or €1.12890 Euros.
Brent Crude Oil Futures is currently priced at $111.07/barrel. Gold is $1,788.00/ounce and Silver is $41.06/ounce.
The UK Bank Rate is 0.5% and CPI inflation was 4.4% for the year to July 2011.
