Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Food & Drug Retailers and General Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which rose 2.49% or 52.00 points to trade at 2140.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.18% or 17.00 points to end at 798.40 and Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) was up 1.14% or 1.25 points to 110.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which fell 4.05% or 80.00 points to trade at 1897.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 3.97% or 38.20 points to end at 923.40 and Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) was down 3.66% or 4.34 points to 114.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1406 to 659 and 315 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.02% or 13.15 to $1299.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.55% or 0.88 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.91 to trade at $65.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.62% to 1.3003, while EUR/GBP rose 1.06% to 0.8644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 97.278.