Defensives help FTSE 100 rise; share sale hits Standard Life
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(Reuters) - Defensive stocks led Britain's FTSE 100 on Friday as it headed for a third straight week of gains following a string of upbeat results and hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks.The midcap FTSE 250 meanwhile saw online trading platform Plus500 fall sharply on a report that it may have "misled" investors over losses. The FTSE 100 added 0.2 percent and the midcaps handed back losses to trade flat by 1030 GMT, as investors saw little change in the Brexit backdrop after Prime..