Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Media and Food Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND), which rose 4.31% or 25.00 points to trade at 605.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 3.75% or 19.40 points to end at 536.80 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.02% or 19.00 points to 648.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB), which lost 5.12% or 20.40 points to trade at 378.40 in late trade. GSK plc (LON:GSK) declined 3.88% or 52.50 points to end at 1,301.00 and Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA) shed 3.21% or 116.00 points to 3,493.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 924 to 859 and 667 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.35 to $2,565.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.66% or 1.14 to hit $67.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 1.02 to trade at $71.54 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.53% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.52.