Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food Producers, Life Insurance/Assurance and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.46% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 4.14% or 355.000 points to trade at 8935.000 at the close. Meanwhile, BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) added 0.84% or 4.500 points to end at 539.000 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 0.71% or 5.00 points to 712.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 6.82% or 119.00 points to trade at 1626.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 5.21% or 17.80 points to end at 323.70 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was down 4.61% or 81.00 points to 1677.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1896 to 413 and 414 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.82% or 119.00 to 1626.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.65 to $1304.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.52% or 0.68 to hit $43.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 0.87 to trade at $45.48 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.47% to 1.2521, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 97.06.