Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which rose 3.17% or 3.84 points to trade at 124.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) added 2.87% or 154.00 points to end at 5514.00 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) was up 1.99% or 100.00 points to 5124.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which fell 2.97% or 65.00 points to trade at 2125.00 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) declined 2.83% or 63.00 points to end at 2164.50 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was down 2.40% or 14.00 points to 570.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1206 to 851 and 311 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.97% or 65.00 to 2125.00. Shares in Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.83% or 63.00 to 2164.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.60 to $1288.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $61.88 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.42 to trade at $70.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.3027, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.060.