Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.11% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 2.06% or 67.00 points to trade at 3327.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 1.41% or 2.20 points to end at 158.20 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 1.26% or 15.00 points to 1202.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which fell 6.22% or 317.00 points to trade at 4783.00 at the close. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 4.28% or 35.50 points to end at 794.00 and Ferguson PLC (LON:FERG) was down 3.28% or 152.00 points to 4486.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1305 to 703 and 423 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.19 to $1327.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.32% to 1.3574, while EUR/GBP fell 1.00% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.81.