(Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 slipped on Friday after a report that the United States was delaying a decision on letting its companies do business with Huawei, casting a shadow over global markets, though WPP soared after a quarterly update.
Trade worries weighed on Asia-focused HSBC <HSBA.L> and mining stocks as the FTSE 100 <.FTSE> fell 0.2%, but losses were capped by an 8% surge in ad firm WPP <WPP.L> after better-than-expected organic sales performance.
A post-earnings jump in gambling firm William Hill <WMH.L> and drugmaker Hikma <HIK.L> as well as a rise in shares of security contractor G4S <GFS.L> on plans to separate its cash solutions unit led the FTSE 250 <.FTMC> 0.3% higher by 0711 GMT.
(Reporting by Shashwat Awasthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
