Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Transportation, Automobiles & Parts and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 4.66% or 7.45 points to trade at 167.45 at the close. HALEON PLC (LON:HLN) added 2.74% or 9.80 points to end at 367.80 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) was up 2.52% or 26.00 points to 1,059.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN), which lost 7.13% or 152.00 points to trade at 1,980.00 in late trade. Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) declined 6.99% or 306.00 points to end at 4,074.00 and JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) shed 6.57% or 8.70 points to 123.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1441 to 414 and 622 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.70 to $2,480.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.24% or 2.47 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.89% or 2.30 to trade at $77.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.40% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.06% at 103.10.