Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which rose 4.12% or 6.4500 points to trade at 162.9000 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 3.75% or 245.00 points to end at 6770.00 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 2.06% or 8.950 points to 443.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD), which fell 6.50% or 26.800 points to trade at 385.200 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) declined 6.05% or 14.800 points to end at 230.000 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LON:ICAG) was down 4.72% or 26.00 points to 525.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1486 to 593 and 448 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 2.07% or 26.25 to $1292.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $47.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.4625, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.7822.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.62% at 93.15.