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Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the FTSE 350 Fixed Line Telecommuniations, FTSE 350 Travel & Leisure and FTSE 350 Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES), which rose 2.87% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,939.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.19% or 31.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 1.69% or 6.60 points to 398.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 3.68% or 12.10 points to trade at 316.70 in late trade. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 3.42% or 12.60 points to end at 355.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) down 2.72% or 15.20 points to 543.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1204 to 581 and 551 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Shares in Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.19% or 31.00 to 1,445.00. Shares in Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.69% or 6.60 to 398.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.10% or 37.55 to $3,439.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 5.41% or 3.68 to hit $71.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 5.42% or 3.76 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.36, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.07.