Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 2.61% or 23.00 points to trade at 903.00 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 1.96% or 54.00 points to end at 2814.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.92% or 6.80 points to 360.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 1.67% or 19.00 points to trade at 1117.50 in late trade. Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) declined 1.55% or 45.00 points to end at 2856.00 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) shed 1.45% or 4.70 points to 319.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 960 to 900 and 499 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.29% or 1.16 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.09 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2793, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.86.