Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Electrical and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 22.46% or 168.00 points to trade at 916.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 4.12% or 51.00 points to end at 1288.00 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 1.49% or 55.00 points to 3750.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CRH PLC (LON:CRH), which fell 2.61% or 73.00 points to trade at 2720.00 at the close. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) declined 2.02% or 140.00 points to end at 6805.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was down 1.99% or 8.50 points to 419.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1008 to 897 and 460 ended unchanged.
Shares in Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.02% or 140.00 to 6805.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.19 to $1297.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.44% or 0.21 to hit $47.64 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.12 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.62% to 1.2880, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.9226.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 92.66.