Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 7.61% or 67.20 points to trade at 950.00 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.00% or 5.00 points to end at 254.80 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 1.33% or 19.00 points to 1450.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which lost 5.02% or 11.40 points to trade at 215.50 in late trade. DCC plc (LON:DCC) declined 4.76% or 345.0 points to end at 6905.0 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 4.51% or 78.80 points to 1670.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1280 to 720 and 323 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.25% or 29.50 to $1278.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.20% or 2.14 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.38% or 2.57 to trade at $73.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.3277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.81.