U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals&Mining, Mining and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 7.21% or 66.00 points to trade at 981.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 6.11% or 112.50 points to end at 1953.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 2.70% or 158.00 points to 6016.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 4.65% or 40.40 points to trade at 829.20 at the close. NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC) declined 3.44% or 72.00 points to end at 2023.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 2.85% or 29.00 points to 988.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1274 to 850 and 207 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.65 to $1507.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.83% or 2.01 to hit $54.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.38 to trade at $58.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.56% to 1.2063, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.9290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.333.
