Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 2.41% or 9.100 points to trade at 387.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.39% or 12.00 points to end at 513.50 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 1.58% or 44.00 points to 2836.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which fell 3.36% or 150.00 points to trade at 4318.50 at the close. Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) declined 2.72% or 78.00 points to end at 2787.00 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) was down 2.44% or 63.00 points to 2522.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 971 to 926 and 449 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.50 to $1206.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.23% or 1.16 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.29% or 1.24 to trade at $55.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.01% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8656.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 100.97.