Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, General Retailers and Electrical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI), which rose 1.61% or 32.00 points to trade at 2014.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 1.47% or 6.10 points to end at 421.20 and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) was up 1.26% or 97.00 points to 7784.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which fell 3.45% or 31.00 points to trade at 867.50 at the close. Next PLC (LON:NXT) declined 3.02% or 120.00 points to end at 3856.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.25% or 5.70 points to 247.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1017 to 897 and 466 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.36 to $1243.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.31% or 0.59 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.54 to trade at $48.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.08% to 1.2996, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.51.