Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 12.42% or 98.00 points to trade at 887.00 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 3.00% or 107.50 points to end at 3688.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 2.88% or 16.00 points to 571.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GKN PLC (LON:GKN), which lost 9.86% or 34.80 points to trade at 318.00 in late trade. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) declined 2.46% or 4.40 points to end at 174.60 and Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) shed 1.79% or 28.00 points to 1536.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 948 to 928 and 504 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.54 to $1303.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 0.85 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.74% or 0.98 to trade at $57.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.3307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.81.