Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 4.23% or 6.35 points to trade at 156.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Provident Financial (LON:PFG) added 3.26% or 20.60 points to end at 652.80 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was up 2.23% or 12.80 points to 586.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 6.39% or 83.00 points to trade at 1216.00 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 3.57% or 13.00 points to end at 351.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 3.22% or 36.50 points to 1098.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1222 to 745 and 332 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1302.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.59% or 0.39 to hit $65.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.82 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.13% to 1.3404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.55.