Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.62% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 6.72% or 45.00 points to trade at 715.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 3.07% or 150.00 points to end at 5036.00 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 2.44% or 12.10 points to 508.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.26% or 17.05 points to trade at 382.75 at the close. Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) declined 3.38% or 23.00 points to end at 657.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) was down 2.85% or 98.00 points to 3336.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1421 to 571 and 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.44% or 12.10 to 508.40.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.99% or 13.30 to $1334.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.47% or 0.97 to hit $64.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.44 to trade at $68.21 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.96% to 1.4131, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 89.06.