Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 6.53% or 8.60 points to trade at 140.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.32% or 195.00 points to end at 8600.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.10% or 17.60 points to 857.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.40% or 17.50 points to trade at 380.35 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 1.95% or 104.00 points to end at 5241.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was down 1.88% or 5.60 points to 291.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 995 to 983 and 317 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.52 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.27% to 1.3480, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.