Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 1.58% or 39.00 points to trade at 2501.00 at the close. DCC (LON:DCC) added 1.03% or 70.0 points to end at 6885.0 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was up 1.02% or 6.00 points to 595.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which lost 7.15% or 19.00 points to trade at 246.70 in late trade. Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) declined 3.75% or 16.00 points to end at 410.80 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) shed 3.15% or 109.50 points to 3370.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1475 to 480 and 367 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.52 to $1293.62 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $51.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3002, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.9086.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.