Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 6.53% or 8.60 points to trade at 140.40 at the close. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.32% or 195.00 points to end at 8600.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.10% or 17.60 points to 857.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which lost 4.40% or 17.50 points to trade at 380.35 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 1.95% or 104.00 points to end at 5241.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) shed 1.88% or 5.60 points to 291.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 995 to 983 and 317 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.40 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $71.06 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.49 to trade at $78.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.26% to 1.3481, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.