U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage, Automobiles&Parts and Pharmaceuticals&Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 4.54% or 86.50 points to trade at 1989.50 at the close. Meanwhile, DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) added 3.23% or 11.50 points to end at 367.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.80% or 27.00 points to 991.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Just Eat (LON:JE), which fell 2.36% or 14.80 points to trade at 612.00 at the close. Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX) declined 2.12% or 37.00 points to end at 1707.00 and DCC plc (LON:DCC) was down 1.47% or 102.0 points to 6840.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1154 to 961 and 248 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.85 to $1412.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.29 to trade at $66.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2565, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.472.
