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Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Travel & Leisure and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES), which rose 2.87% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,939.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.19% or 31.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 1.69% or 6.60 points to 398.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which lost 3.68% or 12.10 points to trade at 316.70 in late trade. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 3.42% or 12.60 points to end at 355.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 2.72% or 15.20 points to 543.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1204 to 581 and 551 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.13% or 38.30 to $3,440.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 5.47% or 3.72 to hit $71.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 5.44% or 3.77 to trade at $73.13 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.36, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.07.