Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tui AG (LONDON:TUIT), which rose 4.31% or 48.00 points to trade at 1162.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LONDON:HIK) added 2.52% or 59.00 points to end at 2400.00 and St. James`s Place PLC (LONDON:SJP) was up 1.87% or 18.00 points to 980.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN), which fell 2.23% or 3.95 points to trade at 172.85 at the close. Smiths Group PLC (LONDON:SMIN) declined 1.83% or 22.00 points to end at 1179.00 and Weir Group PLC (LONDON:WEIR) was down 1.61% or 24.00 points to 1462.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1277 to 1270 and 480 ended unchanged.
Shares in Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) fell to all time lows; down 2.23% or 3.95 to 172.85. Shares in Weir Group PLC (LONDON:WEIR) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.61% or 24.00 to 1462.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1113.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.02% or 0.43 to hit $42.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.36 to trade at $49.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.09% to 1.5627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.7113.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.59.