LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 4.46% or 22.50 points to trade at 527.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 1.98% or 41.00 points to end at 2109.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 1.86% or 17.000 points to 931.500 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which fell 4.49% or 11.200 points to trade at 238.200 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 3.00% or 102.500 points to end at 3315.500 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was down 2.93% or 39.50 points to 1308.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1260 to 629 and 472 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.45% or 5.60 to $1257.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.84% or 0.46 to hit $53.99 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.51 to trade at $56.07 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.49% to 1.2496, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8473. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.