Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Industrial Metals & Mining and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH), which rose 8.45% or 215.00 points to trade at 2760.00 at the close. Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) added 2.18% or 20.50 points to end at 959.50 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was up 2.10% or 120.00 points to 5825.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which lost 3.15% or 6.300 points to trade at 193.400 in late trade. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 3.08% or 21.00 points to end at 661.00 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) shed 2.79% or 6.10 points to 212.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1394 to 899 and 421 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.80% or 9.35 to $1178.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $51.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.25 to trade at $54.19 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.64% to 1.2674, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.8421.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.