Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Meggitt (LONDON:MGGT), which rose 2.77% or 15.50 points to trade at 575.00 at the close. British Land Co Plc (LONDON:BLND) added 2.42% or 19.50 points to end at 824.50 and Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LONDON:RB) was up 2.28% or 130.00 points to 5840.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petrofac (LONDON:PFC), which lost 4.34% or 37.50 points to trade at 826.00 in late trade. Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) declined 3.21% or 9.90 points to end at 298.30 and Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT) shed 3.20% or 46.00 points to 1389.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1062 to 959 and 420 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1153.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.83% or 1.80 to hit $45.25 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.31 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.04% to 1.4727, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.7128.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.04% at 100.15.