Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.11% or 123.00 points to trade at 4082.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) added 1.57% or 18.00 points to end at 1166.00 and ARM Holdings PLC (LON:ARM) was up 1.18% or 12.00 points to 1026.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.80% or 7.5500 points to trade at 149.7500 at the close. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 3.96% or 18.700 points to end at 453.900 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 3.30% or 15.50 points to 453.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1395 to 769 and 475 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.55% or 19.10 to $1216.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.70% or 1.42 to hit $36.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.92% or 1.58 to trade at $38.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.00% to 1.4219, while EUR/GBP rose 1.11% to 0.8013.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.62.