Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals , Fixed Line Telecommunications and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON: AAL ), which rose 3.37% or 71.50 points to trade at 2,191.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON: FRES ) added 2.44% or 27.00 points to end at 1,133.00 and ConvaTec Group PLC (LON: CTEC ) was up 2.07% or 5.80 points to 285.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: JD ), which fell 3.03% or 2.58 points to trade at 82.58 at the close. Prudential PLC (LON: PRU ) declined 2.87% or 24.40 points to end at 826.40 and Beazley PLC (LON: BEZG ) was down 2.63% or 25.00 points to 924.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1099 to 654 and 594 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresnillo PLC (LON: FRES ) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.44% or 27.00 to 1,133.00. Shares in ConvaTec Group PLC (LON: CTEC ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.07% or 5.80 to 285.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.95% or 64.16 to $3,359.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $61.51 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.31 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.66% to 1.35, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 99.17.