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 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the were Diageo PLC (LON:), which rose 4.25% or 102.00 points to trade at 2,503.50 at the close. Meanwhile, JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:) added 2.82% or 2.30 points to end at 84.00 and Mondi PLC (LON:) was up 2.03% or 24.50 points to 1,229.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:), which fell 3.40% or 11.30 points to trade at 321.50 at the close. Shell PLC (LON:) declined 2.35% or 63.00 points to end at 2,620.00 and Centrica PLC (LON:) was down 2.11% or 2.90 points to 134.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 898 to 883 and 643 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 14.94 to $2,779.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.17% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 107.04.
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