Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Electrical 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 Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 3.22% or 275.00 points to trade at 8810.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 1.80% or 24.00 points to end at 1356.00 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) was up 1.70% or 15.50 points to 929.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which fell 3.58% or 95.00 points to trade at 2556.00 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 3.30% or 20.50 points to end at 600.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.93% or 14.10 points to 467.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1031 to 968 and 151 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.94 to $1288.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.40% or 0.81 to hit $58.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $63.59 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.3327, while EUR/GBP rose 0.58% to 0.8955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.67.