Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 3.15% or 34.50 points to trade at 1128.50 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 2.31% or 16.40 points to end at 724.80 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.11% or 24.00 points to 1162.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which fell 2.35% or 85.50 points to trade at 3560.00 at the close. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 2.19% or 14.60 points to end at 653.40 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 2.12% or 7.60 points to 351.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1058 to 925 and 145 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.54% or 7.20 to $1335.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 1.03 to trade at $67.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.60% to 1.4087, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.85.