Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.00% or 13.10 points to trade at 340.60 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 3.78% or 3.70 points to end at 101.70 and Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) was up 2.87% or 125.50 points to 4503.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES), which lost 3.77% or 19.30 points to trade at 491.90 in late trade. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 2.73% or 46.50 points to end at 1657.50 and Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) shed 1.90% or 28.00 points to 1444.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $1277.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.3002, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.