Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the FTSE 350 - Fixed Line Telecommunications, FTSE 350 - Food & Drug Retailers and FTSE 350 - Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS), which rose 4.89% or 265.00 points to trade at 5685.00 at the close. Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) added 4.23% or 36.50 points to end at 899.00 and Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) was up 4.02% or 14.10 points to 365.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG), which lost 3.46% or 19.50 points to trade at 544.50 in late trade. Sainsbury(J) (LONDON:SBRY) declined 3.18% or 8.40 points to end at 255.40 and Ashtead Group (LONDON:AHT) shed 2.77% or 31.00 points to 1088.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1237 to 847 and 354 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.61% or 20.20 to $1276.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.66% or 0.74 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.33 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.5031, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7512.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.08.