Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 2.75% or 38.00 points to trade at 1419.00 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 1.86% or 76.00 points to end at 4156.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 1.16% or 44.00 points to 3827.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO), which lost 2.53% or 57.00 points to trade at 2195.00 in late trade. Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) declined 2.49% or 40.00 points to end at 1568.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) shed 2.14% or 165.00 points to 7540.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1140 to 730 and 462 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.29 to $1251.79 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.09% or 0.98 to hit $45.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 0.99 to trade at $48.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.04% to 1.2969, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.