Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Engineering and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 3.19% or 57.00 points to trade at 1843.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.80% or 180.00 points to end at 6605.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 1.34% or 8.20 points to 618.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 6.68% or 7.80 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 5.55% or 8.05 points to end at 137.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was down 2.87% or 5.70 points to 192.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1349 to 650 and 332 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.55% or 8.05 to 137.00. Shares in Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.87% or 5.70 to 192.90.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 3.60 to $1243.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.70% or 1.42 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.21 to trade at $60.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2572, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.470.