Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the were Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:), which rose 3.51% or 124.00 points to trade at 3,656.00 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:) added 3.45% or 34.20 points to end at 1,025.00 and Vistry Group PLC (LON:) was up 3.42% or 43.00 points to 1,302.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:), which fell 2.56% or 17.70 points to trade at 673.60 at the close. Whitbread PLC (LON:) declined 2.49% or 75.00 points to end at 2,936.00 and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:) was down 2.23% or 184.00 points to 8,062.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1048 to 716 and 733 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.06% or 25.10 to $2,394.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.23 to hit $84.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.14 to trade at $87.57 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 104.63.
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