Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 2.61% or 23.00 points to trade at 903.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 1.96% or 54.00 points to end at 2814.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.92% or 6.80 points to 360.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 1.67% or 19.00 points to trade at 1117.50 at the close. Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) declined 1.55% or 45.00 points to end at 2856.00 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was down 1.45% or 4.70 points to 319.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 960 to 900 and 499 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.29% or 1.16 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.09 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2793, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8358.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.86.