Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Automobiles & Parts and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.06% or 22.80 points to trade at 768.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SSE PLC (LON:SSE) added 2.81% or 29.50 points to end at 1078.50 and National Grid PLC (LON:NG) was up 1.90% or 14.80 points to 792.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 3.33% or 54.50 points to trade at 1580.00 at the close. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 2.99% or 9.30 points to end at 302.00 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was down 2.51% or 48.00 points to 1865.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1474 to 680 and 193 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.26% or 16.20 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.30% or 1.87 to hit $54.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.37% or 2.20 to trade at $63.13 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2626, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.768.