Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 27.23% or 40.45 points to trade at 189.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) added 2.83% or 12.10 points to end at 440.40 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 1.83% or 32.50 points to 1812.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 5.44% or 47.60 points to trade at 827.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 4.25% or 74.00 points to end at 1669.20 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 4.02% or 157.00 points to 3744.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1452 to 616 and 322 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.00 to $1205.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $74.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $84.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.56% to 1.3094, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.41.