Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Materials and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 4.30% or 66.50 points to trade at 1614.50 at the close. Meanwhile, British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) added 2.54% or 98.00 points to end at 3960.00 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was up 1.81% or 9.40 points to 528.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which fell 1.69% or 10.60 points to trade at 615.20 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 1.64% or 27.00 points to end at 1615.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 1.61% or 5.10 points to 311.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 972 to 910 and 382 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.30% or 66.50 to 1614.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.10 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $72.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.77% to 1.3114, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 94.38.