Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Meggitt (LONDON:MGGT), which rose 2.77% or 15.50 points to trade at 575.00 at the close. Meanwhile, British Land Co Plc (LONDON:BLND) added 2.42% or 19.50 points to end at 824.50 and Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LONDON:RB) was up 2.28% or 130.00 points to 5840.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petrofac (LONDON:PFC), which fell 4.34% or 37.50 points to trade at 826.00 at the close. Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) declined 3.21% or 9.90 points to end at 298.30 and Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT) was down 3.20% or 46.00 points to 1389.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1062 to 959 and 420 ended unchanged.
Shares in Meggitt (LONDON:MGGT) rose to all time highs; up 2.77% or 15.50 to 575.00. Shares in Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.21% or 9.90 to 298.30.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1153.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.83% or 1.80 to hit $45.25 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.31 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.04% to 1.4727, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.7128.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.04% at 100.15.