Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which rose 4.53% or 21.400 points to trade at 494.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) added 4.25% or 74.00 points to end at 1815.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 3.11% or 10.00 points to 331.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 4.01% or 28.00 points to trade at 670.00 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 2.26% or 59.500 points to end at 2574.500 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was down 1.81% or 16.50 points to 894.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1300 to 883 and 412 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capita PLC (LON:CPI) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.01% or 28.00 to 670.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.50 to $1321.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.07 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.18 to trade at $49.99 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2994, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.36.