Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.69% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 1.31% or 3.00 points to trade at 232.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) added 1.31% or 8.00 points to end at 620.00 and Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) was up 1.16% or 4.40 points to 383.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which fell 6.54% or 151.00 points to trade at 2157.00 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 3.17% or 6.70 points to end at 205.00 and SSE PLC (LON:SSE) was down 2.44% or 34.00 points to 1360.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1141 to 797 and 411 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.17% or 6.70 to 205.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.85% or 11.00 to $1276.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.89% or 0.51 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.42 to trade at $63.51 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.44% to 1.3204, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.32.