Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 3.15% or 34.50 points to trade at 1128.50 at the close. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 2.31% or 16.40 points to end at 724.80 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.11% or 24.00 points to 1162.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which lost 2.35% or 85.50 points to trade at 3560.00 in late trade. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 2.19% or 14.60 points to end at 653.40 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) shed 2.12% or 7.60 points to 351.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1058 to 925 and 145 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.56% or 7.40 to $1335.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 1.02 to trade at $67.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.61% to 1.4088, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.84.