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Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Travel & Leisure and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES), which rose 2.87% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,939.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.19% or 31.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 1.69% or 6.60 points to 398.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 3.68% or 12.10 points to trade at 316.70 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 3.42% or 12.60 points to end at 355.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 2.72% or 15.20 points to 543.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1204 to 581 and 551 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.19% or 31.00 to 1,445.00. Shares in Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.69% or 6.60 to 398.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.17% or 39.72 to $3,442.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 5.53% or 3.76 to hit $71.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 5.46% or 3.79 to trade at $73.15 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.36, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.07.