Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tesco (LONDON:TSCO), which rose 2.71% or 5.90 points to trade at 223.65 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LONDON:SBRY) added 0.69% or 1.90 points to end at 276.30 and BT Group (LONDON:BT) was up 0.64% or 2.95 points to 464.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM), which lost 5.05% or 58.00 points to trade at 1090.00 in late trade. Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) declined 3.54% or 35.20 points to end at 959.60 and BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) shed 2.58% or 34.50 points to 1301.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1541 to 1023 and 454 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1172.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.42% or 0.25 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $63.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.14% to 1.5734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.7084.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 95.76.