Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 4.46% or 22.50 points to trade at 527.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 1.98% or 41.00 points to end at 2109.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 1.86% or 17.000 points to 931.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which lost 4.49% or 11.200 points to trade at 238.200 in late trade. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 3.00% or 102.500 points to end at 3315.500 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 2.93% or 39.50 points to 1308.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1260 to 629 and 472 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1257.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $54.00 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.51 to trade at $56.07 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.48% to 1.2497, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.