Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the FTSE 350 Fixed Line Telecommuniations, FTSE 350 Gas Water & Multiutilities and FTSE 350 Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB), which rose 2.67% or 9.40 points to trade at 361.50 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 2.20% or 2.25 points to end at 104.65 and Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO) was up 1.74% or 7.00 points to 408.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS), which fell 3.63% or 24.00 points to trade at 638.00 in late trade. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 3.41% or 38.50 points to end at 1,090.50 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) down 3.14% or 86.00 points to 2,656.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 988 to 779 and 667 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Shares in Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.63% or 24.00 to 638.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 12.64 to $2,661.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.27% or 0.87 to hit $67.43 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.76 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 105.99.