Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Mobile Telecommunications and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 3.61% or 190.00 points to trade at 5450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 3.10% or 43.00 points to end at 1429.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 3.04% or 162.00 points to 5494.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA), which fell 9.31% or 59.00 points to trade at 575.00 at the close. Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) declined 3.92% or 43.50 points to end at 1065.50 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was down 3.45% or 21.60 points to 604.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1186 to 858 and 342 ended unchanged.
Shares in RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.31% or 59.00 to 575.00. Shares in Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.92% or 43.50 to 1065.50.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 9.40 to $1196.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 1.30 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.67 to trade at $83.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.3058, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8902.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.62.