Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, Real Estate and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.29% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which rose 2.02% or 12.20 points to trade at 616.80 at the close. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DRC (LON:0593xq) added 1.54% or 17.00 points to end at 1,123.50 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 0.44% or 9.00 points to 2,050.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which lost 6.77% or 5.04 points to trade at 69.44 in late trade. Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) declined 4.61% or 30.40 points to end at 629.60 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) shed 4.49% or 60.00 points to 1,276.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1388 to 437 and 435 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.65% or 11.65 to $1,799.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.08% or 1.58 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.49% or 2.02 to trade at $79.19 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.24.