Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 12.42% or 98.00 points to trade at 887.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 3.00% or 107.50 points to end at 3688.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 2.88% or 16.00 points to 571.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GKN PLC (LON:GKN), which fell 9.86% or 34.80 points to trade at 318.00 at the close. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) declined 2.46% or 4.40 points to end at 174.60 and Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) was down 1.79% or 28.00 points to 1536.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 948 to 928 and 504 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.46 to $1302.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 0.85 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 0.97 to trade at $57.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.3307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8897.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.82.