Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Engineering and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 3.19% or 57.00 points to trade at 1843.50 at the close. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.80% or 180.00 points to end at 6605.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 1.34% or 8.20 points to 618.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 6.68% or 7.80 points to trade at 109.00 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 5.55% or 8.05 points to end at 137.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) shed 2.87% or 5.70 points to 192.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1349 to 650 and 332 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 3.60 to $1243.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.70% or 1.42 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.21 to trade at $60.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2572, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.470.