Gfk released its consumer confidence index for the U.K. on Friday. GfK's U.K. consumer confidence index fell to 2 in October from 3 in September. Analysts had expected the index to increase to 4.

3 of 5 measures increased.

"The good news on the domestic front - with households lifted by wage growth, low interest rates and near-zero inflation - is being tempered by concerns about our ability to shrug off the global downturn," Joe Staton, Head of Market Dynamics at GfK, said.