Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.11% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which lost 6.22% or 317.00 points to trade at 4783.00 in late trade. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 4.28% or 35.50 points to end at 794.00 and Ferguson PLC (LON:FERG) shed 3.28% or 152.00 points to 4486.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1306 to 702 and 423 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.21 to $1327.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.