Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Electrical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 3.22% or 275.00 points to trade at 8810.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 1.80% or 24.00 points to end at 1356.00 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) was up 1.70% or 15.50 points to 929.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which lost 3.58% or 95.00 points to trade at 2556.00 in late trade. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 3.30% or 20.50 points to end at 600.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) shed 2.93% or 14.10 points to 467.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1031 to 968 and 151 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.97 to $1288.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.41% or 0.82 to hit $58.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.3327, while EUR/GBP rose 0.58% to 0.8955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.67.