Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Tobacco, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which rose 2.77% or 450.00 points to trade at 16,695.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) added 2.56% or 128.00 points to end at 5,138.00 and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG) was up 2.14% or 215.30 points to 10,265.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which fell 3.33% or 146.00 points to trade at 4,238.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.76% or 80.00 points to end at 2,817.00 and Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) was down 2.72% or 80.00 points to 2,856.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 947 to 770 and 589 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 8.90 to $4,304.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $57.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $61.32 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.10.
