Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mobile Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Anglo American PLC (LONDON:AAL), which rose 3.24% or 25.10 points to trade at 800.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mondi PLC (LONDON:MNDI) added 2.44% or 38.00 points to end at 1597.00 and Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) was up 1.96% or 3.90 points to 203.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITV PLC (LONDON:ITV), which fell 3.42% or 9.30 points to trade at 262.60 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LONDON:HIK) declined 3.39% or 81.00 points to end at 2311.00 and Schroders PLC (LONDON:SDR) was down 2.24% or 71.00 points to 3100.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1521 to 918 and 524 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mondi PLC (LONDON:MNDI) rose to all time highs; up 2.44% or 38.00 to 1597.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.00 to $1094.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.94% or 0.42 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.53 to trade at $48.99 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.5474, while EUR/GBP rose 0.72% to 0.7092.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 97.60.