Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 2.25% or 2.35 points to trade at 106.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.25% or 6.40 points to end at 290.40 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 1.66% or 14.40 points to 883.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which fell 6.22% or 7.35 points to trade at 110.85 at the close. Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) declined 3.65% or 49.00 points to end at 1295.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 3.48% or 61.00 points to 1691.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1135 to 908 and 251 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.22% or 7.35 to 110.85.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.75 to $1400.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.89% or 0.51 to hit $57.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.80 to trade at $65.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2715, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.857.