Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 2.86% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Mail PLC (LONDON:RMG), which rose 1.59% or 7.50 points to trade at 478.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LONDON:RRS) fell 0.31% or 13.00 points to end at 4242.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LONDON:FRES) was down 0.44% or 3.00 points to 681.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LONDON:SHP), which fell 5.28% or 268.00 points to trade at 4807.00 at the close. CRH PLC (LONDON:CRH) declined 4.70% or 89.00 points to end at 1806.00 and EasyJet PLC (LONDON:EZJ) was down 4.58% or 78.00 points to 1624.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 2350 to 316 and 381 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.70 to $1158.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.37% or 0.98 to hit $40.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.43% or 1.14 to trade at $45.48 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.09% to 1.5704, while EUR/GBP rose 0.98% to 0.7234.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.83% at 94.97.