Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, General Industrial and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 5.04% or 11.70 points to trade at 244.05 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 3.43% or 22.80 points to end at 686.80 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 3.27% or 56.00 points to 1766.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 5.69% or 35.40 points to trade at 587.20 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) declined 4.82% or 13.60 points to end at 268.40 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was down 3.42% or 20.00 points to 565.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1048 to 870 and 164 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1330.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.31% or 0.82 to hit $63.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.78 to trade at $67.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.16% to 1.3976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.77.