Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Chemicals and General Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which rose 2.23% or 67.00 points to trade at 3,066.00 at the close. Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF) added 1.26% or 1.50 points to end at 120.10 and Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG) was up 1.22% or 8.50 points to 708.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD), which lost 5.42% or 6.85 points to trade at 119.50 in late trade. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 2.52% or 7.40 points to end at 286.50 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) shed 2.44% or 22.00 points to 877.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 911 to 885 and 709 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 3.95 to $2,340.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $81.65 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $85.15 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.55.