Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 3.31% or 30.50 points to trade at 951.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) added 2.67% or 32.00 points to end at 1230.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 2.28% or 41.00 points to 1838.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which fell 3.86% or 7.50 points to trade at 186.70 at the close. BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) declined 2.42% or 13.000 points to end at 524.500 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.09% or 3.900 points to 182.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1283 to 859 and 467 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.31% or 30.50 to 951.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.95 to $1341.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.11% or 1.44 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.62% or 1.25 to trade at $46.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.83% to 1.2966, while EUR/GBP rose 1.03% to 0.8662.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.38.