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Again the pound's weakness helped make company valuations more attractive to both overseas investors and possible predators seeking takeovers.
On the speculative front, BG rose 3.5p to 1076.5p on revived talk it was in the sights of a number of possible predators, including Petrobras.
On Thursday the company was the subject of a spate of renewed takeover talk, with Texas Instruments and private equity both mentioned as possible predators.
Australia's Macquarie Group, Bank of China, New York based GFI Group or even a stock exchange were mentioned as possible predators.
Traders said that suggested there was the hope of a counter bidder, with our old friends private equity mentioned as possible predators.
The engineering group has been the subject of bid speculation recently, with Siemens, China's CSR and ABB all mentioned as possible predators.
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Austria's OMV has been mentioned in the past as one possible predator.
Reckitt Benckiser has been mentioned in the past as a possible predator.
There is also the prospect of interest from Bunge, which has been mentioned as a possible predator in the past.
Zurich has been mentioned in the past as a possible predator, as has rival Aviva, up 7.7p at 469p.
The company's shares jumped 56p to 849.5p as traders heard talk of a possible 1400p a share bid, with Statoil mentioned as one possible predator.
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