FTSE 100 fluctuates between gains and losses on Friday session

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FTSE 100 index faced a choppy session on Friday despite successful outcome of Greek debt swap deal and optimistic employment data from US. Miner and energy stocks put most negative pressure on the index. Kazakhmys PLC slipped 1.6%after UBS downgraded mining sector to neutral citing weaker steel demand from China. Tullow Oil lost 0.8% after Societe Generale cut stock's rating from buy to hold before company's annual earnings report due next week. Fresnillo PLC tumbled 4.1% on Deutsche Bank decision to lower stock's rating from buy to hold. At the moment of writing FTSE 100 is 0.16% or 9.2 points up at 5,868.93.

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