Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage, Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG), which rose 1.39% or 137.00 points to trade at 10,025.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) added 1.29% or 260.00 points to end at 20,470.00 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 1.09% or 11.00 points to 1,025.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schroders PLC (LON:SDR), which fell 4.35% or 13.80 points to trade at 303.80 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) declined 4.26% or 11.20 points to end at 252.00 and Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) was down 4.25% or 108.50 points to 2,446.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1177 to 592 and 640 ended unchanged.
Shares in Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.09% or 11.00 to 1,025.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 32.04 to $2,722.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.31% or 2.45 to hit $76.37 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.29% or 2.53 to trade at $79.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.72% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 109.50.