Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 1.58% or 39.00 points to trade at 2501.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DCC (LON:DCC) added 1.03% or 70.0 points to end at 6885.0 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was up 1.02% or 6.00 points to 595.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which fell 7.15% or 19.00 points to trade at 246.70 at the close. Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) declined 3.75% or 16.00 points to end at 410.80 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 3.15% or 109.50 points to 3370.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1475 to 480 and 367 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.15% or 19.00 to 246.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.56 to $1293.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.20 to trade at $51.70 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.3005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.9084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.