Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.11% or 123.00 points to trade at 4082.00 at the close. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) added 1.57% or 18.00 points to end at 1166.00 and ARM Holdings PLC (LON:ARM) was up 1.18% or 12.00 points to 1026.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which lost 4.80% or 7.5500 points to trade at 149.7500 in late trade. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 3.96% or 18.700 points to end at 453.900 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 3.30% or 15.50 points to 453.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1395 to 769 and 475 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.54% or 19.00 to $1216.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.70% or 1.42 to hit $36.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.89% or 1.57 to trade at $38.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.00% to 1.4219, while EUR/GBP rose 1.12% to 0.8014.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.63.