Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and General Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 2.75% or 38.00 points to trade at 1419.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 1.86% or 76.00 points to end at 4156.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 1.16% or 44.00 points to 3827.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO), which fell 2.53% or 57.00 points to trade at 2195.00 at the close. Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) declined 2.49% or 40.00 points to end at 1568.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) was down 2.14% or 165.00 points to 7540.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1140 to 730 and 462 ended unchanged.
Shares in Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.14% or 165.00 to 7540.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.36 to $1251.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.07% or 0.97 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 0.97 to trade at $48.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.04% to 1.2969, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.